Eight County Durham and Teesside drivers have been fined heavily in court after admitting various motoring offences. 

The motorists, who appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court, pleaded guilty to offences, including speeding, no insurance, having no licence and using a mobile phone while driving.

Hussein Abdulmijeed Kheder Altimemi, 60, of Corvus Drive, Stockton on Tees, admitted driving over the speed limit in Church Road Stockton on July 25, 2022.

He was fined £769, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £308, and was ordered to pay costs of £85.

His driving record was also endorsed with four points. 

Darren Paul Dixon, 48, of Coverdale in Hemlington, Middlesbrough, admitted driving without a proper license in Acklam Road, Middlesbrough on August 31, 2023.

He was fined £40, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £16, and was ordered to pay costs of £85. His driving record was also endorsed with three points. 

Deborah Elburn, 57, of Westbourne Street in Stockton-On-Tees,, pleaded guilty to driving over the speed limit in Myton Way on September 2, 2023. She was fined £163, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £65, ordered to pay costs of £85, and got three points on her license.

Matthew Storey, 26, of High View in Ushaw Moor, Durham, admitted driving over the speed limit on the A66 (E) Surtees Bridge, Stockton-On-Tees on July 12, 2023.

He was fined £117, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £46, and ordered to pay costs of £85.

His driving record was also endorsed with three points. 

Joseph Graham Telford, 29, of Pemberton Avenue, The Grove, Durham, admitted using a motor vehicle, specifically a Land Rover SV59MJO, on Newport Road, without insurance on August 31, 2023.

He was fined £230, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £92, ordered to pay costs of £85, and got six points on his license. 

Albert Radici, 36, of Straker Street, Hartlepool, was found guilty of using a motor vehicle, a VW  without insurance on March 1, 2023 and driving without a license.

He was fined £660, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £264, ordered to pay costs of £90 and disqualified from driving for six months.

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Georgiana Roxanna Socariceanu, 29, of Rainham Close, Middlesbrough, admitted driving a motor vehicle while using a hand-held mobile telephone on June 28, 2023.

She was fined £40, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £16, ordered to pay costs of £85, and got six points on her license. 

Andrew John Vasey, 45, of York Road, Hartlepool, was found guilty in absence for failing to provide information about the nominated driver of a vehicle, specifically an Audi, alleged to have been involved in an offence between July 24, 2023, and August 28, 2023.

He was fined £660, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £264, ordered to pay costs of £85 and disqualified from driving for six months.