Disqualified driver with 'dreadful' record avoids jail after collision near M1 junction in Derbyshire
A disqualified driver without insurance has been handed a suspended jail sentence.
Jacek Bogusz was involved in a two-vehicle collision near Junction 29 of M1 on Saturday, April 18, Chesterfield Magistrates Court heard.
No injuries were reported and no evidence suggested that Bogusz, a Polish national, was responsible for the collision.
But checks carried out by the officers revealed that the 47-year-old was driving while disqualified and with no valid insurance in place.
Bogusz, of Chesterfield Road North, Mansfield, pleaded guilty to both charges.
Bogusz appeared at Chesterfield Magistrates Court on Thursday, September 24, for sentencing.
The court has heard that Bogusz had a ‘dreadful record of driving offences’ including driving while disqualified and failing to provide a specimen and served a prison sentence in 2024 in connection to driving offences.
Bogusz was handed a four-year long discretionary disqualification and 16-week custodial sentence suspended for 12 months.
He was also order to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and up to 15 days of rehabilitation with probation service.
He was ordered to pay a £125 fine, a £154 surcharge and costs of £85.
During the sentencing, His Honour District Judge Flint said: “You weren’t at fault in this accident but the problem is that you have got such a long record of offences on the road.
"You are a menace on the road and because of your record I will sentence you to a custodial sentence but it will be suspended.
"Because you pleaded guilty I will give you a chance.
"But if you offend again you will go prison.”