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AN UNINSURED, already disqualified drink-driver who wilfully obstructed the police officer who pulled him over received a suspended prison sentence at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.
Kudzai Makunde, 30, of Cartergate, Newark, admitted to driving with 87mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath on Norton Street, Nottingham. The legal limit is 35.
Makunde admitted to magistrates he was a banned driver and uninsured at the time he was stopped.
He further admitted wilful obstruction as part of the incident.
Makunde was sentenced to 16 weeks, suspended for a year, handed 200 hours of community service and disqualified from driving for three years.
He was told to pay £213 in costs.
A 33-YEAR-OLD who admitted to the possession of a knife in public and using threatening behaviour on the street where he lives received a suspended prison sentence.
Daryl Coulter, 33, of Wolfit Avenue, Balderton, was sentenced to four weeks, suspended for a year, with a supervision order to run alongside.
Coulter will be under electronically-monitored home curfew between 7pm and 7am daily until November 15.
He also admitted failing to answer police bail as part of the inquiry.
Coulter also admitted an unrelated offence of possession of amphetamine, for which he received no separate penalty.
He was also told to pay costs of £129.
A 16-YEAR-OLD was referred to the Nottinghamshire Youth Offending Panel for a six-month order for a number of frauds using somebody else’s debit card.
The youth, from Newark, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, admitted four counts of using the card for gain through making small payments in shops of between £1.76 and £7.40.
For three of the offences, he had a co-accused, aged 17, who has yet to be dealt with by the court. The co-accused also faces a charge of handling stolen goods, namely two bank cards belonging to the same complainant.
He faces trial on November 30.