Wigan motorist whose child passengers weren't wearing seatbelts is spared a road ban
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Daniel Parkinson, 41, of Belle Green Lane, Ince, would under normal circumstances have gone over the 12-point threshold for disqualification after admitting two youngsters in his care - one under 14, the other under three - weren't properly secured in his Seat Leon on Southgate on January 7 and that he was driving without insurance.
But Wigan magistrates heard he was a single parent, that the loss of his licence would mean being sacked and not being able to seek alternative employment.
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