A 28-YEAR-OLD diabetic risked driving despite being banned when he ran out of insulin and needles.

Blackburn magistrates heard Bernard Martin Holmes had not wanted to wake his partner who was entitled to drive the car.

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Holmes, of Cranshaw Drive, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, without insurance and other than in accordance with a licence. He was made subject to community supervision for 12 months with a condition he completes the Thinking Skills programme, banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay £145 costs.

Claire Harris, prosecuting, said police were called to an accident in Hamilton Street. Holmes admitted to driving, despite being disqualified for six months in July.

The car was a motobility vehicle which was registered to his partner's mother.

"His partner was the only person authorised to drive the vehicle," said Miss Harris.

When he was interviewed Homes said his partner and child were in bed and he hadn't wanted to wake her to drive him to the all-night pharmacy.

Gareth Price, defending, said his client did not know he was disqualified because that decision had been made in his absence and all paperwork had gone to a previous address.