Uninsured driver's six-month ban for failing to stop after colliding with petrol pump at Northampton garage
Court told how 29-year-old drove off following shunt in Grafton Street
An uninsured Northampton driver has been banned for six months for failing to stop after colliding with a petrol pump.
Gary Rodney Gallant was behind the wheel of a Vauxhall Astra which damaged the pump at a garage in Grafton Street, near Northampton town centre, in November 2019.
Court documents showed that Gallant — also known as Gary Dickens — drove off after the collision without giving his details and failed to report the accident to police within 24 hours.
The 29-year-old, said to be of Crawford Road in the town, failed to turn up for a hearing in July 2021, but was found guilty in his absence of failing to stop and failing to report an accident, driving without due care and attention and having no insurance.
The case was adjourned until Tuesday (February 22) when Northampton magistrates ordered him to seek help for alcohol addiction and pay £350 in compensation for damage to the pump and prosecution costs.