A MAN has been handed a suspended sentence by the courts after driving a car without a licence.

Lee Roderick Cadman, aged 48 and of Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, was stopped by police in Downton Road, Salisbury, on December 10, 2019, while at the wheel of a Ford Focus.

Appearing at Poole Magistrates' Court on Saturday, April 18, Cadman admitted that he did not hold a licence to drive.

The court heard he had been refused a licence in 2015 and never been granted one since that point.

District judge Stephen Nicholls handed Cadman a four-week prison sentence suspended for six months.

The defendant was also ordered to pay a £122 surcharge and his driving record was endorsed.

Cadman received no separate penalty for driving without insurance, although he was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for six months.