A MOTORIST has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting driving dangerously and without insurance as well as possessing cannabis.

At Bolton Magistrates’ Court Suleman Khan, aged 24, of East Street, Bury admitted committing the offences whilst driving a Seat Ibiza around Bolton town centre on January 5.

The court heard he was stopped after a short police chase and he was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months. He was also fined £50 for possession of the drugs.

In addition he was ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work and was banned from driving for 15 months. He was also ordered to pay £200 in costs and charges.

MAGISTRATES have fined a man £200 after he was caught driving a Peugeot 206 without insurance on Manchester Road, Bury, on January 11.

At Bolton Magistrates’ Court Imran Latif, aged 51, of Parliament Street, Bury, pleaded guilty to committing the offence and was also ordered to pay £115 in costs and charges.

A WOMAN has been sentenced to a conditional discharge for six months after pleading guilty to stealing chocolate, worth £96 from Morrisons in Bury on January 18.

At Manchester Magistrates' Court Chelsie Etheridge, aged 27, of Padiham Close, Bury, was also ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge.

SEVERAL people have been fined, at Wigan Magistrates’ Court, for using a television without a licence. They were each ordered to pay £150 in costs and charges.

They are: Paul Buckley, aged 41, of Cornwall Drive, fined £90; Susan Hanson, aged 33, of Padiham Close, Bury, fined £60; Danielle Holland, aged 34, of Arley Avenue, Bury, fined £60; Maria Reilly, aged 43, of Rowan Drive, Bury, fined £40; Judita Telvakova, aged 42, of Cedar Street, Bury, fined £60; Elzbieta Tos, aged 40, of Alfred Street, Bury, fined £330; Courtney Clearton, aged 19, of Coronation Road, Radcliffe, fined £60; Shane Gannon, aged 30, of Robert Street, Radcliffe, fined £60; Delores Hall, aged 41, of Chelsea Avenue, Radcliffe, fined £220; Margaret Heapy, aged 60, of Trencherbone, Radcliffe, fined £92; Olly Townsend, aged 21, of Waltham Gardens, Radcliffe, fined £60;