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Red light offence, also no licence and no insurance: what are the likely penalties?
On 26th April 2007, one of my friends was caught by police for driving in red light. She was driving a car belonging to her uncle. She had provisional driving licence. However he had no insurance. The Police Officer did not arrest her, but kept her name, date of birth and address. He also wrote a statement regarding the said offence and took her signatures. She has no previous criminal record or any other offence? What punishment would she receive from the court?
The red light offence would normally bring a £60 fine and three penalty points as a fixed penalty notice, but because of the other offences this will almost certainly go to court. Driving unsupervised on a provisional licence might bring between 3-6 points. Driving without insurance would bring between 6 and eight points if this charge were brought forward. There is thus a strong likelihood of 12 points or more which will result in a six months ban.
The uncle will also almost certainly be charged and risks receiving 6-8 points and a £200+ fine for the insurance offence.
It may be possible to get some of the offences disposed of - and the uncle's possible insurance case dropped altogether but you will need detailed legal guidance to achieve this result.
In the first instance I would suggest you should agree to a detailed exploratory interview with a specialist motoring offence solicitor.
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If appropriate they may then recommend further work to negotiate with the the CPS that the case is dropped, or at least there are reasonable grounds for mitigation to ensure a minimal penalty.
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