A 20-year-old man who got caught twice driving while disqualified and giving police false statements narrowly escaped jail time yesterday.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner told Marcus Weeks, of St John’s Road, Pembroke: “Young man you better stop blaming everybody else.“I have listened to you carefully you see, and what I have been trying to do in fact was find good reasons why I shouldn’t impose an immediate custodial sentence on you.“Notwithstanding, as I explained to you last time, my policy is to impose an immediate custodial sentence for a second offence of driving while disqualified.”Instead Mr Warner took into account Weeks’ defence he had not been made aware that he had been banned from the Island’s roads when he was convicted of drink-driving on June 14.Weeks, who is the son of Community Development Minister Michael Weeks, failed to pay the $1,000 fine before July 14 as ordered.He was also caught driving while disqualified on June 26 and July 7, at which point he also gave police false details.The young man said he was not made aware of the driving ban until pleading guilty to the first instance in Magistrates’ Court on July 8.He told the court he needed his transportation as he worked as a mail courier and needed to make cash to return to Seneca College in Ontario, Canada.Mr Warner said he didn’t buy the explanation Weeks didn’t know about the automatic 12-month driving ban.“You have a poor story, a weak story, a weak line. I do not believe you.”He said by continuing to drive Weeks was “disrespecting the courts”.“You know you were disqualified so you also lied to the police,” said Mr Warner.Still he gave Weeks the benefit of the doubt and handed him a three-month sentence, suspended for 24 months. This means he must stay out of the courts for the next two years or risk the jail term being activated.He also ordered him to pay the outstanding $1,000 fine and gave him a month to pay $1,200 imposed for the traffic offences.“The distinction here is that the second offence was in fact committed on July 7, which is a day before you came to court and was convicted of the first offence of driving while disqualified.“Therefore if you didn’t know you wouldn’t have had the benefit of my warning of an immediate custodial sentence.”Mr Warner continued: “Notwithstanding the general policy, I believe I can find special reason not to send you to prison, but Mr Weeks there is no doubt now you are clear you have two convictions for driving while disqualified.”