Wigan motorist admits using false plates

A motorist has admitted while displaying forged plates.

Michael Sparkes, 31, of Bleasdale Road, Hindley Green, stood before Wigan and Leigh magistrates to plead guilty to having false trade plates on a Ford Focus that was stopped at the Parsonage Retail Park in Leigh on November 16 and that he had neither insurance nor a valid licence.

He was fined and when they were added to a victim services surcharge and court costs, Sparkes has £359 to pay.

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