A 31-year-old Mitcheldean man has been banned from the roads for six months and ordered to pay £1,014 in fines, costs and surcharges for driving without insurance.

William Haines of High Street, Mitcheldean, drove a Volvo at St Oswalds Retail Park, Gloucester, on Ocober 1 last year without insurance in force, Cheltenham magistrates found.

The court said a six months ban was obligatory due to his ‘repeat offending.’