A cyclist has admitted he failed to get a valid licence, insurance or helmet after he added a petrol engine to his push bike to help him up steep hills.
Lee Middleton, 37, admitted to using a motor vehicle without insurance, driving a vehicle without a licence and riding a motorcycle on a road without protective headgear at Teesside Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Middleton landed himself in hot water after a police officer stopped him on January 11 after hearing a loud pitched engine noise .
He had fitted his push bike with a petrol engine to help him traverse a steep hill - but doing so meant the bike became classed as a motor vehicle and required a licence, insurance and a helmet.
Push bike rider fitted petrol engine to whizz up hills but landed himself in court
Lee Middleton committed three offences out of ignorance of the law
Lee John Middleton, 36, from Brotton (Image: Teesside Live)
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A rider fitted his push bike with a petrol engine to assist with whizzing up a hill, a court heard.
Pictured: General view of Winchester Coroners Court AN ELDERLY lady with a list of health problems died at home, an inquest heard. Yvonne Doreen Middleton, 74, was found at her Hillside Close flat, Chandler s Ford on April 29. Area coroner Jason Pegg believes that she accidentally fell and struck her head , causing a bleed on the brain. In a post mortem report, Dr Adnan Al-Badri states this as the cause of death, with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease contributing. Ms Middleton had also been battling skin cancer, and had been prescribed warfarin – a blood thinning medicine. In a statement, Lee Middleton said that his mother moved to New Zealand in the 1970s and enjoyed being active outdoors.
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Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Natalie Nolt, Veraâs Marinâs Niece, holds a doll that Vera purchased at the Horst Auction in 2000.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Photo by Art Petrosemolo.
Growing up in the Mennonite tradition, Vera, 70, and her twin sister Verna each received two dolls as children one at age three and a large doll when they were in second grade. Vera has kept that Magic Lips doll that came from Sears for more than sixty years and it was the first doll in a collection that includes valuable dolls made by Lee Middleton, Ashton Drake, Patti Playpal and Galoob.
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