ALEXANDER BARNES-NICHOLAS, 31, of Henllys Way in St Dials, Cwmbran, was caught in Pembrokeshire driving with a faulty tyre. Officers noticed the Volkswagen Golf Barnes-Nicholas was driving on May 3 on the A4076 at Johnston had the ply or cord exposed on its front nearside tyre. Johnston pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle with a tyre with any of the ply/cord exposed, and at Llanelli Magistrates Court, on June 23, was fined £286. He was also ordered to pay £90 in costs and a £34 surcharge. Three penalty points were added to his licence.
ANDREW JOHN FLETCHER, 52, has been disqualified from driving for six months after refusing to identify the driver of a vehicle suspected to have been guilty of an offence.
LEWIS DEWI CROOK, 27, of Wesley Street, Cwmbran, was caught speeding in Yorkshire. On October 31 last year, he was caught driving at 43mph in a 30mph zone on the A642 New Road, Overton, near Wakefield. At West Yorkshire Magistrates Court on May 17, Crook was fined £133, ordered to pay £90 in costs and a £34 surcharge. He was also handed four penalty points.
HUGHIE JOHNSON, 41, of Folly View Lane, Upper Race in Pontypool, has been ordered to pay more than £1,600 after pleading guilty to three charges of breaching unfair trading regulations. He accepted two counts of engaging in a commercial practice which is a misleading omission - relating to failing to provide paperwork detailing his name, address and the price and details of the work agreed and failing to provide paperwork detailing the existence of the consumer’s right to cancel the transaction, both of which would have caused or was likely to cause the average consumer to take a transactional decision he would no