Eight Darlington and Teesside drivers have been found guilty of motoring offences in court this week - with some disqualified from driving for the offences.

The following cases were heard at Teesside Magistrates' Court over the last seven days:

Dianne Cox, 65, of Slake Terrace, Hartlepool Marina, was found guilty of driving a motor vehicle, on Church Road, Hartlepool at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour on November 11, 2022.

She was fined £60 and her driving record was endorsed.

Between November 15, 2022, and January 27, 2023, in Stockton on Tees, she also failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle, namely a Mini, who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

She was fined £120, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £48, ordered to pay costs of £620, and her driving record was endorsed with six points.

Maria Clarke, 67, of Lime Road, Normanby, Middlesbrough, was found guilty in absence of driving a car on Lime Avenue, when he had no insurance on October 8, 2020.

She was fined £180, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £60, ordered to pay costs of £200 to the Crown Prosecution Service, and her driving record was endorsed with six points.

Samuel Hardy, 29, of Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, admitted driving a motor vehicle on the A689 Newton Bewley over a speed limit of 50mph.

He was fined £166, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £66, ordered to pay costs of £85 and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for six months due to repeat offending.

Joseph Standring, 21, of Holland House Court, Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, admitted driving a motor vehicle, on Queen Elizabeth Way, Stockton-on-Tees, exceeding the 50mph speed limit, on June 19, 2023.

He was fined £392, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £157, ordered to pay costs of £85, and his driving record was endorsed with six points.

Rema Marie Stewart, 28, of West Street, Normanby, Middlesbrough, was guilty of speeding on a restricted road, Stokesley Road, Guisborough, on June 13, 2023.

She drove a Land Rover at a speed exceeding 30mph.

She was fined £40, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £16 and costs of £85.

She also had her driving record endorsed with three points.

Basm Azad, 58, of Wentworth Street in Middlesbrough, was found guilty of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle, who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

He was fined £660, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £264 and costs of £85.

He also got six points on his license and was disqualified from driving for six months.

Paul Jackson, 48, of Barrington Crescent in Middlesbrough, was guilty of using a motor vehicle on Bevanlee Road without insurance.

He was fined £120, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £48 and costs of £85.

He also got three points on his license.

Ben Joseph Peter Massey, 18, of Bankfields Road in Eston was guilty of two separate offences.

On July 11, 2023, he was found guilty of using a Quad on Birchington Avenue in Grangetown, without insurance and was fined £120, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £48 and costs of £85.

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His driving record was also endorsed with three points.

On the same day, he was found guilty of driving the same vehicle on the same road without a proper license.

He received no separate penalty for this offence.

On July 18, 2023, he was again found guilty of using a Sur-Ron Electric Offroad Motorcycle on Cargo Fleet Lane, without insurance.

He was fined £120, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £48 and costs of £85 and was disqualified from driving for 6 months.