SEVERAL drivers from Bridgwater and the surrounding area have been fined for offences including driving without due care and attention and while “not in a position to have proper control”.

Four of the drivers were sentenced by magistrates in Bath, and one by a magistrate in Bodmin.

They committed their offences between November 2021 and January 2022.

Jack Anthony Michael Rees

A North Petherton driver has been handed a fine for driving when he was not in a position to have proper control of the vehicle.

Rees, of Newton Road, was caught operating the vehicle “in such a position that you could not have proper control” on January 16 in All Saints Terrace, Bridgwater.

The 21-year-old admitted the offence under the single justice procedure on Wednesday, June 22.

The procedure allows people charged with minor offences to have their cases decided by a single magistrate based on papers alone without going to court.

Rees was fined £126 and ordered to pay £90 in court costs and a £34 surcharge to fund victim services by a magistrate in Bath.

He has until August 10 to pay his £250 court bill.

He was also handed three penalty points. 

John Hedley Parkin

A Bridgwater man must pay £354 after driving without due care and attention on Bristol Road in Highbridge.

John Hedley Parkin, of Wind Down Close, committed the offence in a white Ford Transit van on December 4, 2021.

Parkin, 72, pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure on Thursday, June 23.

He was fined £230 by Bath Magistrates’ Court and must pay £90 in costs and a £34 victim surcharge, giving him a total of £354 to pay by August 11.

Parkin also had six penalty points added to his driving licence.

Edito Da Cruz Ribeiro

A man has been fined for driving a motor vehicle on a road “otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising you to drive a motor vehicle of that class”.

Ribeiro, whose address is listed as Lakeside Caravan Park, was driving on the A39 Street Road in Glastonbury when he committed the offence on January 6.

The 39-year-old was proved guilty under the single justice procedure on June 23.

A magistrate in Bath fined him £220 and told him to pay costs of £90 and a £34 victim surcharge.

He must pay his £344 court bill by August 11.

His driving record was endorsed with three penalty points.

Colin John Kirkwood

A Hyundai driver has been fined and handed three penalty points he was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on a Devon A-road.

Colin John Kirkwood, of Chamberlin Avenue, was caught speeding on the A38 near Haldon, just outside Exeter, on November 5, 2021.

Court documents do not disclose the speed Kirkwood, 52, was driving at.

He admitted the offence under the single justice procedure on Tuesday, June 21.

Kirkwood was fined £66 and ordered to pay £90 in costs and a £34 surcharge, giving him a £190 court bill to pay by July 19.

He was also handed three penalty points.

Wojciech Stolarczyk

A man has been fined after he was proved guilty of failing to disclose the identity of the driver of a vehicle when required.

Court documents say Wojciech Stolarczyk, 38 and of King Street, “failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence” on December 28.

He was fined £660 and must pay £90 in costs and a £66 surcharge, giving him a total of £816 to pay by August 8.

He also had six penalty points added to his licence.