Learner driver (47) hired fraudster to sit theory test for him
A learner driver was 'highly reckless' when he hired a fraudster to sit the theory test for him so he could get a licence.
Adrian Nicolae Doros (47) was 'keen to get on the road' when he applied for and got a learner's permit after paying a man to pose as him for the exam.
Adjourning the case, Judge Susan Fay said it was a serious offence but she would apply the Probation Act, sparing him a criminal record if he made a €500 charity donation.
Doros, of Shandon Road, Phibsboro, Dublin, pleaded guilty to deception.
Dublin District Court heard he went to the National Driver Licence Service office at Omni Shopping Centre, Santry, on January 25, 2020 and submitted an application for a learner's permit.
Doros had someone else sit his theory test for him.
The permit was issued but he later returned it when it was discovered what he had done, a garda sergeant said.
He succumbed to this carrot that was dangled in front of him
Doros had been keen to get a provisional driver's licence, and a friend recommended there was 'a gentleman going around sitting the theory test for people,' his solicitor Andrew Broderick said.
He 'succumbed to this carrot that was dangled in front of him,' he said.
'Temptation got the better of him.'
Doros was 'highly reckless' as to it being a criminal act and 'completely understands now that it was,' Mr Broderick said.
The accused had been in Ireland for 20 years and had no prior convictions. He was on illness benefit and was currently unable to work.
Adrian Nicolae Doros pleaded guilty to deception.
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