'Have you seen taxi prices?' - Pensioner caught driving Range Rover to shops while banned
A pensioner who was banned from the road was caught driving a Range Rover half a mile to his local supermarket for milk and sugar.
John Timmis, aged 85, drove to Morrisons in Market Drayton, around half a mile from his home in Manor Gardens, despite being banned from the road for previous offences of drink driving and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
Timmis told Telford magistrates he had "no other choice" as his wife had dislocated her shoulder and could not drive, and they had run out of milk and sugar.
"You could have got a taxi," suggested head magistrate Sarah Richards. "Have you seen the price of taxis?" bemoaned Timmis. "It costs £10 one way and £10 back. I'm a pensioner. That's a lot of money to me."
