WHEN police stopped a vehicle near Omagh it emerged that the driver has held a provisional learner’s licence for over 30 years.
Patrick Joseph McCaffrey (61) of Lismalore, Brookeborough in Co Fermanagh was disqualified for six months and fined £20 for driving without L-plates. He was detected on the Tattyreagh Road on May 3.
Sentencing had been adjourned at an earlier court hearing to give McCaffrey a chance to get a full driving licence but he did not pass the theory test.
After noting that he had held a Provisional licence for over 30 years, District Judge Bernie Kelly warned, “If I see him again, I will take his car as well.”
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