A DELIVERY driver who was stopped driving by gardaí in Portarlington and found not to have been insured, escaped a disqualification when the Judge at Portlaoise District Court was told he insured his vehicle the day after he was stopped.
Manuel Muhai from 15 Strand House Road, Newbridge pleaded guilty to having no insurance when stopped by gardaí along Ffrench Church Street, Portarlington on 5 September.
His solicitor Barry Fitzgerald said that his 19-year old client, who earns €300 a week as a delivery driver, had lodged money into his bank account to pay for his insurance, but had not realised the money had been returned.
Mr Fitzgerald said that 24-hours after gardaí had stopped him his vehicle was insured and asked that he be spared from receiving driving…