Six drivers from Teesside and Tyne and Wear have appeared in court this week for drink driving, no insurance and speeding - and have been fined a combined total of £2000.

All of the drivers appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court and were fined, disqualified from driving, and had points added to their licence.

Here is who appeared in court:

David Aaron Vaughan, 36, of Cleveland View, Skelton, admitted driving a motor vehicle while over the alcohol limit on Stockton High Street on January 3, 2024.

He was fined £120, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £48, and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12 months.

This disqualification will be reduced by three months if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State by October 21, 2024.

The following day in Middlesbrough, Vaughn was also found guilty of possession of a quantity of Zopiclone, a class C drug. He was ordered to have the Zopiclone forfeited and destroyed by the police.

Christina Brannan, 35, of Victoria Road, Gateshead, appeared by live link and admitted that on April 14, 2023, she was the person in whose name a vehicle was registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 when it did not meet the insurance requirements.

She was fined £54, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £22 and ordered to pay costs of £110.

William Clay, 64, of Malton Green, Gateshead, failed to attend court but was found guilty in his absence.

On October 26, 2022, Clay had a vehicle registered in his name under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 that did not meet the insurance requirements. 

He was fined £90, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £36 and ordered to pay costs of £110.

Emilia Lawden, 25, of Hawks Edge, West Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, admitted that on January 5, 2023, she kept an unlicensed vehicle.

She was fined £115, ordered to pay vehicle excise back duty of £6.67 and ordered to pay costs of £90.

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Alexander Edward Sparks, 24, of Calder Walk in Gateshead, pleaded guilty to keeping an unlicensed vehicle, on January 17, 2023. He was fined £215, ordered to pay vehicle excise back duty of £68.75, and ordered to pay costs of £90.

John Porritt, 78, of Fieldfare Road in Hartlepool, did not attend the hearing. He was found guilty in his absence of keeping a mechanically propelled vehicle, on The Crescent in Hartlepool after declaring that the car would not be used on the road. 

The defendant was fined £180, ordered to pay vehicle excise back duty of £334.59 and to pay costs of £120.