A BRADFORD man has avoided a driving ban due to him just starting up a new business.

Nicholas Wilkinson, of Drovers Way, was caught using a vehicle on the Stanningley Bypass without third-party insurance on January 8 of last year.

Court documents say there was no totting disqualification because of his mitigating circumstances.

These were that he would not be able to continue with his two-month-old business of selling motorbike parts and fixing them.

His business partner is a mechanic but Wilkinson is not, he drives.

Both have invested money which they would lose without Wilkinson being able to drive.

He was fined £120 and had to pay court costs of £110 and a £34 victim surcharge.

He pleaded guilty to the offence - which carries six penalty points - on August 14, 2021.

The 29-year-old appeared in Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court on Thursday, September 22.