Bury St Edmunds Community Policing Team on Charlie Palmer, of Shortingate Road, Thetford, who was disqualified from driving for six months
Police said a teenager who was banned from driving after a town centre incident had no regard for the safety of the public.
At about 12.30am, CCTV operators spotted Palmer’s Audi A3 S Line drive across the pedestrian area of Cornhill, appearing to be in pursuit of two people on foot.
It then contravened the one-way sign in Brentgovel Street, went into Risbygate Street where it stopped, before reversing at speed down Risbygate Street and turning into St Andrews Street South.
PC Luke Williams, of Bury’s Community Policing Team, said: “One of our local priorities has been to tackle anti-social and illegal use of vehicles in our town centre, and so I am very pleased to see that the court has handed out appropriate penalties - resulting in Charlie Palmer being banned from the roads for six months.
“He drove without any care or consideration for other members of the public and I would hope the disqualification he now faces – along with the more than £1,000 he must pay - will act as a deterrent to others.”
PC Williams added pedestrian zones are for safety and one-way streets should be respected.
“To contravene traffic regulations in this way will not be tolerated and as Palmer has now discovered, offenders can expect to face consequences for their actions,” he said.
As the offences were captured on CCTV, with the vehicle’s registration visible, police sent a notice of intended prosecution to Palmer – the registered owner of the Audi – which required him to inform officers who was driving the vehicle at the time.
The 19-year-old said he was the driver, and was issued a summons to court.
Palmer did not attend his first hearing and was found guilty in his absence.
He received nine penalty points for driving without due care and attention and as he already had three points on his licence – taking him to 12 penalty points – he became a ‘totter’, resulting in the six-month disqualification.
He was fined £710 and ordered to pay court costs and surcharges of £414.
