Pensioner on trial over motoring charge 30/9/14
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Roderick Macdonald had lived in Edinburgh for 62 years and had only just relocated to Stornoway when police flagged him down in April.
He doesn’t like island life and is moving back to the Scottish capital.
However, a removal van was waiting to catch the ferry while he conducted his own defence at a trial in Stornoway Sheriff Court.
Macdonald, of Flat 5, 32 Lewis Street, Stornoway, denied driving without a licence. He told the court he never received any notification it had been revoked in March.
He stated: “I would never drive a car without a licence. I did no get a letter from DVLA.”
He previously pleaded guilty to failing to have insurance.
He told the court that his blue-
During a verbal spat with the procurator fiscal, Macdonald conceded a doctor may have indicated his licence was in jeophardy on medical grounds.
He insisted: “Its been known for doctors to be wrong.”
In any case he was “certainly not told” not to drive by DVLA.
The revoked licence charge was dropped but Macdonald had previously pleaded guilty
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Sheriff David Sutherland imposed six penalty points which mean he will be disqualified
under the totting-