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Driving ban for teenager
A SCARBOROUGH teenager has been banned from driving for six months after riding a motor scooter without displaying L plates.
Lewis Robinson, 19, of Ling Hill, Newby, told police he had an L plate fixed to the vehicle at the start of his journey, which must have “fallen off”.
The teenager was stopped in Stepney Drive at around 9.20pm after an officer noticed a problem with the lights.
Robinson told the officer he was a provisional licence holder, but had completed his training for this class of bike.
The policeman pointed out the mud-covered remnants of an L plate on the scooter, but did not accept Robinson’s explanation that one had fallen off en route.
Robinson, representing himself, told magistrates that he had been working on a farm in Brompton that day and had been displaying an L plate when he set off back to Scarborough.
Magistrates gave Robinson three points on his licence, bringing the total to 12.
He was also fined £60 and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £45 costs.
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