Driving while banned?

[matchmaker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

Beeb said:

A banned driver who was caught behind the wheel of a car with both legs in plaster has been jailed for six months.

Richard McAlpine, 47, from Glasgow, had never re-taken his test after being handed a five-year driving ban for a previous offence in 2006.

The Beak said:

This is your third conviction for driving while disqualified and as such, there can only be one disposal here today.

Doen't ring true to me, unless the law has changed.As I remember it, the offence would have been driving without a licence, as the ban would have expired in 2011. What am I missing?

PS Driving with two legs in plaster?

[Monkeylegend]

When he was pulled over and the police found he was already banned, he didn't have a leg to stand on.

[Rangeroverover]

He was probably plastered











(sorry too easy)

[Sheepshanks]

matchmaker said:

Doen't ring true to me, unless the law has changed.As I remember it, the offence would have been driving without a licence, as the ban would have expired in 2011. What am I missing?

Perhaps you remain technically disqualified until you reapply for a licence?

Or are the dates / reporting jumbled up? It says the offence was committed in May 2013, two years ago.

[paintman]

Expect the sentence was a total ban for 5 years & then allowed to drive under the terms of a provisional licence until passing a test at which point the ban would cease.

[SS2.]

Sheepshanks said:

Perhaps you remain technically disqualified until you reapply for a licence?

I suspect the original convicting court ordered this.

See Section 36 Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 - disqualification until test is passed.

[agtlaw]

Sheepshanks said:

Perhaps you remain ... disqualified until you reapply for a licence?

Or are the dates / reporting jumbled up? It says the offence was committed in May 2013, two years ago.

Not unless banned until test passed.

Badly written article ... edit: dates don't make much sense.

Edited by agtlaw on Wednesday 13th May 16:14