Overview
- Police stopped Iain Ashmore on July 23 and bodycam footage captures officers checking his record, telling him he had 59 penalty points while he joked and said he was being “targeted.”
- At Lincoln Magistrates' Court Ashmore admitted three counts of driving while disqualified, three counts of driving without insurance and one count of using a mobile phone after illegal drives on May 30, June 23 and July 23.
- Magistrates handed him an eight-week prison term suspended for 12 months, extended his driving ban by 12 months so he is disqualified until July 2027, and ordered him to pay court costs and a victim surcharge.
- PC Mark Solder and Lincolnshire Police said Ashmore continued to drive despite the ban, called him a danger to lawful road users and released the footage to underline enforcement and deterrence.
- Under the UK 'totting-up' rules a driver normally faces at least a six-month ban after 12 points in three years, which makes 59 points unusually high and highlights wider questions about insurance, road safety and follow-up enforcement.