A man who ran up a string of driving offences was fined a total of $4,600 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Jayden Stovell, 19, pleaded guilty to four speeding charges, two charges of driving while disqualified, and one count of giving false statements over a period of eight months this year.

The court heard that all the speeding offences and one driving while disqualified offence were outstanding fines.

Stovell, from Pembroke, told magistrate Tyrone Chin he had forgotten about the fines, but that he was trying to change his behaviour.

He told the court: “I’ve changed since then. I’ve taken up a trade and I’m doing an internship.”

Terrence Stovell, the defendant’s father, told Mr Chin: “We’re extremely disappointed, but we know he’s turned his life around and he’s doing well.”

Mr Chin warned Stovell that he could not afford to throw his life away.

The magistrate said: “This is the most money I’ve ever seen a 19-year-old collect.

“You’re an adult now, you’re old enough to be sent to Westgate.

“If you’re caught driving while disqualified again that’s it — you do not pass go, you don’t collect $200, you go to jail.”

He also told the defendant’s father: “These are speeds that are way too dangerous for Bermudian roads.

“I would hate to read ‘Jayden Stovell’ in the obituaries. It’s a scary thought.”

Stovell’s parents paid $3,300 in outstanding warrants and told Mr Chin it was a loan that they expected to be paid back.

The defendant was ordered to pay $1,300 out of his own pocket by November 20.

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