Dementia sufferer who stopped driving accused of ‘insurance coverage lapse’
- DVLA accused him of ‘letting insurance coverage lapse’ day after he moved into care dwelling
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A pensioner with extreme dementia who stopped driving two years in the past has been prosecuted by the DVLA below the controversial Single Justice Procedure.
The 83-year-old stored his basic purple 1975 MG in his storage regardless of giving up driving two years in the past.
On October 11 final 12 months, the pensioner was moved right into a care dwelling and the very subsequent day he was accused by the DVLA of ‘letting his automotive insurance coverage lapse’.
In response to the Single Justice Procedure, his daughter despatched a letter explaining her father’s well being and in addition knowledgeable the DVLA he was residing in a care dwelling.
Due to the way in which the controversial court docket process operates, the DVLA didn’t have a look at the proof offered by his daughter and he ultimately obtained a felony conviction, the Evening Standard reported.
The 83-year-old stored his basic purple 1975 MG in his storage regardless of giving up driving two years in the past. Pic: a inventory picture of an MG
A inventory picture of a automotive tax disc seen via a automotive windscreen
The pensioner’s daughter, who lives in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, defined that her father wouldn’t have had the ‘capability’ to recollect to insure the automotive.
She stated: ‘I’m his daughter and have energy of legal professional. The automobile was in a safe storage off premises.
‘My father misplaced his licence to drive over two years in the past and we had been unaware the basic MG was uninsured and he wouldn’t have the capability to recollect to insure it.’
She additionally disputed the DVLA’s declare that her father had been despatched a hard and fast penalty discover over the unpaid automotive insurance coverage.
The 83-year-old’s daughter stated the Single Justice Notice ‘was the primary indication there was an excellent penalty cost. No earlier request was discovered at his dwelling handle.’
The DVLA confirmed to the Evening Standard that that they had not seen the letter of mitigation which was despatched together with a responsible plea by the daughter.
The pensioner was given an absolute discharge by a Justice of the Peace which implies he faces no high quality or different punishment however he did obtain a felony conviction.
A single justice process is used to take care of minor offences with out the necessity for a defendant to go to court docket.
Defendants are given notices of the fees they face and requested for his or her plea, which will be made by submit.
Those who plead responsible can select whether or not to go to court docket and seem earlier than a single Justice of the Peace, who will decide over sentence. Those who plead not responsible need to go to court docket to provide proof to the Justice of the Peace.
Previously, a mom was left horrified after she recioved a Single Justice Procedure discover for taking her youngsters on a vacation through the college time period.
