A 20-YEAR-OLD man with nine motoring charges against him appeared before magistrates at Haverfordwest Law Court on Tuesday (Jan 8).
Mitchell Feneck, of Glebelands in Johnston, pleaded guilty to three charges of driving dangerously, two charges of failing to stop, driving without insurance and driving without a licence, failing to comply with an off-road notification, and driving a vehicle with no registration.
Feneck pleaded guilty to all charges.
Prosecutor, Abul Hussein, explained to the court that the offences occurred over a few days, from September 22 to September 25, 2018.
Feneck was flagged down on September 25 after committing road traffic offences the previous few days. For each of the other offences, Feneck sped off on his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R VRN, and managed to evade arrest.
Mr Hussein said: “When he was stopped, he said ‘Oh you finally got me then?’. He admitted he drove dangerously, and the prosecution says he should be dealt with at the Crown Court.
“The prosecution case is based on the state of the vehicle. It had been sent for an MOT and failed on 10 points. The rider seat was insecure, there were serious fuel leaks, and the offside front brake disc was contaminated.
“There is a persistence of offending over the few days.”
The court heard that Feneck is autistic and that he is usually cared for by his mother. However, his mother went away for a few days, and during her time away he committed these offences.
Magistrates partly dealt with the offences and sent others to be dealt with at the Crown.
For having no MOT certificate and no registration plate, Feneck was fined £40 for each offence. He was also fined a further £80 for each offence of failing to stop. The rest were sent to Swansea Crown Court to be dealt with on February 8 at 10am.
Feneck must also pay £85 prosecution costs and £30 victim surcharge.
