ANOTHER DRIVING BAN FOR DISQUALIFIED DRIVER WHO PLEADED WITH POLICE NOT TO BE ARRESTED

A disqualified driver from Ryde who pleaded with officers not to arrest him, after he was seen at the wheel of his partner’s Renault Clio, has been handed a 6-month driving ban. Jack Tregoning, 30, of Alexandra Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified, driving without insurance and possession of a controlled drug of class B when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier this week (9th January). Liz Miller, prosecuting, told the court that on 13th December, at around 15:58, Tregoning was seen on Beaper Shute in Brading. Police officers noticed that the vehicle was being driven questionably. Police followed the 30-year-old until he headed into the Tesco Extra Store in Ryde, stopped the vehicle, stepped outside and locked the door. Tregoning then said to Police ‘please don’t nick me – I’ve just done my first day of work’ adding, ‘I know I shouldn’t have driven’. Back in August 2023, Tregoning was handed a 12-month community order and banned from driving for 17 months after he crashed into a Police car and fled the scene. Tregoning admitted to Police that he had last smoked cannabis a few days ago and that he had an amount of the drug in his bag. As a result of having no licence, Tregoning was also arrested for driving without insurance. Defending, Barry Arnett said that his client knows that he made a mistake on the day in question and that he was making progress on the current community order. Speaking to the court himself, Tregoning said that he knows he didn’t go about things the right way and that he was looking to purchase an e-bike so that he could still get around. Magistrates revoked the existing community order and resentenced, handing Tregoning a 12-month community order with a 9-month drug rehabilitation review and 30 rehabilitation days attached. He was banned from driving for 6 months and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge fee.