Six-month sentence for driving offence ‘a joke’

The maximum possible sentence of six months for driving without insurance was branded as a joke yesterday by a district court judge dealing with the case of a man with 20 previous convictions for the same offence.

Graham Hornibrook, of 26 Churchfield Gardens, Churchfield, Cork, pleaded guilty yesterday to offences that included driving without insurance.

He was disqualified from driving for five years at the time he was caught for this latest offence. Inspector Michael McGuire said Hornibrook, aged 30, had 185 previous convictions — including 20 for driving with no insurance.