Cork man who has had 19 driving bans crashed partner’s car into telephone pole while disqualified

Judge Boyle said: 'It is very much at the hazard of a custodial sentence due to persistent offending – doing the same crime over and over again.'

32-year-old Timmy Saubolle appeared for sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, where he pleaded guilty to charges including taking the car without permission and driving without insurance. File picture: Larry Cummins

A disqualified driver who took his partner’s car without permission and crashed it into a telephone pole claimed that he was driving a friend to the railway station to travel for cancer treatment.

32-year-old Timmy Saubolle, whose most recent address was The Green, Tir Cluain, Midleton, Co Cork, appeared for sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, where he pleaded guilty to charges including taking the car without permission and driving without insurance.