A 74-year-old man from Ventnor has been slapped with 3 penalty points and a £460 fine after being found guilty of driving a vehicle with an illegal tyre.
Mohamoud Hasan Ismail, of Steephill Road in Ventnor, appeared at South West London Magistrates’ Court last Friday (22nd March) charged with using a motor vehicle/trailer with tyre with any of the ply/cord exposed.
Ismail denied the offence, which is said to have occurred on 16th January last year in the Borough of Westminster in London, and the matter went to trial.
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The court heard that Police stopped Ismail in his Mercedes-Benz E-Class on South Audley Street where it was discovered the front near side tyre had ply or cord exposed, making it illegal.
Following the trial last week, Magistrates found Mohamoud Ismail guilty but decided against a ‘totting’ disqualification – where a driver gains several penalty points to warrant a driving ban – due to mitigating circumstances.
In his defence, Ismail said that his wife’s lupus and the fact the couple live on the Isle of Wight, where transport is ‘limited’, warranted him keeping his driver’s licence.
Magistrates decided to hand Ismail 3 penalty points, a £460 fine and ordered him to pay £620 costs with a £194 surcharge.
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