A motorist caught driving whilst disqualified has been locked up after being caught offending again.
Garfield Lewis was clocked by police driving a van in Marlborough Road, Woodthorpe, shortly before 11pm on 20 September 2022.
After noticing Lewis was driving while disqualified and without any insurance officers quickly arrested the 40-year-old after catching up with his van.
Lewis, of Standhill Road, Carlton, was charged with failing to provide a specimen for analysis, disqualified driving and driving with no insurance.
He was also charged with breaching a previous suspended sentence order.
Appearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 22 September, Garfield pleaded guilty and was jailed for eight months.
PC Louis Jamieson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This is a great result against Garfield who has not only committed driving offences on this occasion but was already serving a suspended sentence for previous incidents and has obviously not learnt his lesson.
“A single lapse of concentration, using a phone at the wheel or dangerous driving can have devastating consequences which is why we always treat driving offences extremely seriously.
“To know you are on a suspended sentence order for previous driving offences and to re-offend shows a complete lack of care for other road users and the law and I hope this sends a strong message to everyone that you can go to prison for these kinds of offences and won’t just receive a slap on the wrist.”
