Onchan man hit in pocket after tax lapse

An Onchan man has been fined after failing to tax two of his vehicles.

Police stopped 27-year-old Jack Andrew Faragher, of Wybourn Grove, on May 11 th .

Officers had been called to speak to him after reports that his vehicles  had out of date tax discs.

One had expired in August last year - the other in February this year; Faragher told police he drove both on a daily basis.
 
At Douglas Courthouse on Thursday, Faragher admitted the offences via Coroner’s Admission.

Magistrates fined him £650 and ordered him to pay prosecution costs of £50.