A ROGUE driver who gave false details to the police is behind bars after a court lost its patience with her.
Chiquita Naomi Kane, 46, from Newport, was caught flouting her ban when she was arrested for driving while disqualified in the city.
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When she was stopped in a Suzuki Carry on Clarence Place she also gave bogus details to the police to try and get out of trouble.
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Kane, of Springfield Drive, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and obstructing a police constable on November 30, 2021.
This put her in breach of a suspended prison sentence for driving while disqualified.
She has shown a “blatant disregard for orders”, Newport Magistrates’ Court was told.
The defendant was jailed for 30 weeks and banned from driving for 27 months and 74 days.
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