A DAD who was seen in a Range Rover “swerving across the road” whilst he drove his son home from tuition was already serving a six-month driving ban.
Mohamed Asik, 42, was travelling in Northern Approach Road in April when a member of the public reported his poor driving to the police.
Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday how officers found Asik did not have a valid driving licence after he was disqualified in February.
Elisabeth Conner, prosecuting, said: “At 5.45pm, a Range Rover was observed by an officer driving along Northern Approach in Colchester.
“The vehicle had been witnessed swerving across the road.
“Police performed national computer checks on the vehicle and the driver.
"His provisional licence had been disqualified until August 12 and revoked until a test was passed.
“He made admissions to both the offences in interview – he was driving two months into a six-month disqualification.”
The court heard Asik, of Ruth King Close, Colchester, received six points on his driving licence on two separate occasions in 2017 and 2022 and drove without insurance in 2023.
Magistrates in Bromley banned Asik from driving in February, but Asik avoided the same punishment on Tuesday.
Ryan Richter, mitigating, said Asik had committed the offence because he could not get a cab to collect his son from a tuition lesson.
He said: “He was basically collecting his son from tuition and bringing him home, which was a very short distance.
“He said he knows he should not have driven that distance – he says he wasn’t able to get a cab that day to collect his son because it was a Saturday.
“He lives with his wife and two children aged six and 11.
“He is an IT engineer and earns £2,500 per month, has no previous convictions and this would be his first driving breach of this particular order, for which he apologises.”
He admitted one charge of driving whilst disqualified.
Bench chair Kati Greenwood told Asik, whose driving ban expired in August, that there would be “consequences” for his behaviour.
She said: “It would have been explained to you that driving whilst disqualified is a very serious offence.”
Asik was ordered to undertake 150 hours of unpaid work, pay £199 in costs, and received six points on his licence.
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