These 10 south Essex residents and visitors have been sentenced at magistrates' courts for driving offences in recent weeks.
An Essex man caught driving without insurance in Southend received eight penalty points and a £461 fine.
Ben Foley, 20, of Wright Grove, Witham, admitted driving a Volkswagen Passat on Victoria Road on May 24 with no insurance.
He also admitted driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence at Colchester Magistrates' Court on October 15.
Foley received no separate penalty for the licence offence but must pay £130 costs and a £184 surcharge by November 12.
A South Ockendon man has been banned after being caught behind the wheel while disqualified.
Harry Blackburn, 25, of Broxburn Drive, South Ockendon, admitted driving a Ford on the A130 at Rettendon while disqualified and without insurance on March 23.
He was sentenced at Colchester Magistrates' Court on October 15.
Blackburn was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £1,538 and given a community order until October 14, 2027, with £85 costs.
A man has been banned from driving after being caught over the drink-drive limit in Laindon.
Ignas Stankevicius, 30, of Pedley Road, Dagenham, admitted driving on the A127 on July 10 with 104 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
He was sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates' Court on October 22, after an interim ban from September 23.
He received a 48-month ban, 100 hours of unpaid work under a community order, £85 costs and a £114 surcharge, payable by November 19.
A motorist has been banned from driving after getting behind the wheel while over the legal limit in Southend.
Karen Potton, 59, of The Broadway, Rochford, admitted drink-driving at Colchester Magistrates' Court on October 15.
Potton drove a Mini Cooper on Woodgrange Drive on September 1 with 62 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
She was disqualified for 17 months, fined £438, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £175 surcharge by November 12.
A Benfleet motorist has been banned from the road after driving while disqualified and without insurance.
David Oloyede, 22, of Oakfield Road, admitted driving a BMW 420i on Tower Bridge Road in Southwark on September 28 while disqualified and uninsured.
Oloyede was sentenced at Croydon Magistrates' Court on October 23.
The court imposed a 354-day driving ban and a community order with 40 hours of unpaid work, ordered £85 costs and endorsed the driving record without points.
A Canvey driver has been sentenced for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.
Richard Davis, 29, of Bardenville Road, used the phone while driving a BMW on Goodmayes Lane in Redbridge on August 11, 2025.
Davis pleaded not guilty but was found guilty and sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates' Court on October 26.
The court fined Davis £553, imposed six penalty points and ordered £650 costs and a £221 surcharge, payable at £125 a month from November 23.
A driver has been fined for driving without due care and attention in Benfleet.
Joseph Nunwa, 37, of Brookside, Furneux Pelham, drove a BMW M3 on the A130 on December 2, 2024.
The driver was found guilty at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court and Family Court on October 15.
Nunwa was fined £2,000, given five penalty points and ordered to pay £650 costs and an £800 surcharge.
Payments were ordered at £300 a month, starting on November 12.
A motorist was banned from driving after failing to identify a driver in Billericay.
Roxanne Flynn, 35, of Castle Cross, Saffron Walden, failed to identify a Ford driver on November 18, 2025.
Proved through the single justice procedure, she was sentenced at Colchester Magistrates' Court on October 15.
Mitigating circumstances regarding caring for her children were accepted, with magistrates ordering a 28-day ban, six notional penalty points, a £120 fine, £130 costs, a £28 surcharge and benefit deductions.
A motorist was banned from driving after failing to identify a car driver in Basildon.
Constantin Mihai, 54, of Sherwin Street, Crewe, had the offence proved under the single justice procedure.
Police had required information to identify the driver of a Toyota Prius alleged to have been guilty of an offence on January 9.
At Colchester Magistrates' Court on October 15, he was disqualified from driving for six months, fined £660 and ordered to pay £130 costs.
A Basildon motorist has been fined £1,000 for failing to identify a driver to police.
Robert Deitz, 44, of Briscoe Road, Basildon, failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a Gowring vehicle when required by police.
He was sentenced at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on October 16.
Deitz was fined £1,000, given six penalty points and ordered to pay £650 costs and a £400 surcharge, at £200 a month.
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