A DRIVER from Wiveliscombe has been jailed after getting behind the wheel again just eight months after magistrates had disqualified him from driving.

Dominic Civinskas-Nash, aged 25, of Northgate, did not have insurance and was caught driving dangerously on roads through Taunton last month.

He faced five charges in Taunton Crown Court on Friday (November 6) when he appeared after magistrates committed him for sentencing because they did not believe their sentencing powers were suffcient.

Civinskas-Nash, who was represented by barrister Mia Pitt, had earlier pleaded guilty to driving a Volkswagen Passat car while disqualified, driving without third party insurance, and driving dangerously on the Toneway, A358, and Bridgwater Road, in Taunton, all on October 8.

He also admitted to using a false number plate on the car, which amounted to fraud under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, and to possessing a bladed article without good reason or lawful authority in a public place, namely a lock knife on Corfe Hill, near Taunton, on the same date.

Recorder Donald Tait jailed Civinskas-Nash for a total of 20 months and banned him again from driving for 34 months.

Mr Tait said Civinskas-Nash would then have to pass an extended driving test before the disqualification could be lifted.

He also made an order for Civinskas-Nash’s driving licence to be endorsed, but did not add any points, and for the lock knife to be seized.