Jail again for teenage road menace caught driving while banned SEVEN times
A teenager has been jailed again after racking up his seventh offence of disqualified driving.
Blackburn Magistrates' Court heard Haseeb Aziz was still subject to post-sentence supervision following a jail term for his last offence.
Aziz, 19, of Canterbury Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified on Hodgson Street, Oswaldtwistle.
He was jailed for 16 weeks and disqualified from driving for 18 months, to be served at the end of an existing four-year ban.
He is also banned until passing an extended re-test following a conviction for dangerous driving in 2022.
Glenn Anderton, prosecuting, said a police dog handler on mobile patrol decided to carry out a routine check after seeing a Renault Clio with a lone male onboard drive past in the early hours.
The Clio then made several turns and the officer formed the opinion the driver was trying to evade him.
'The Clio eventually turned into an alleyway and the driver decamped while the vehicle was still moving,' said Mr Anderton.
'The car collided with a wall and the defendant ran off.'
He said the officer, with the assistance of his dog, detained Aziz nearby.
'This is his seventh conviction for disqualified driving and he has never held a licence,' said Mr Anderton.
Daniel Frazer, in mitigation, said his client was still only 19 and it was clear at some stage he had to stop behaving in the way he was.
'The last two sentences have been custodial and that doesn't seem to be working," he conceded.
'I asked him why he was driving and he couldn't give a satisfactory answer.'
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