A man caught driving on an Argyll road despite being banned for life was jailed for six months yesterday.
Gordon Comrie, 64, pleaded guilty to driving on the A85 Oban to Tyndrum road, near the Glen Orchy junction, while disqualified on February 21.
Sheriff Ruth Anderson told him: “With your record I am firmly of the view that there is no realistic alternative than to impose a custodial sentence.
“I will disqualify you from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 10 years, although I appreciate you are already subject to a life ban.”
Comrie, of Woodhill, Blairgowrie, had been residing in Loch Awe village at the time of the offence.
Fiscal Eoin McGinty previously told the court: “Police received information that the accused was regularly using a blue Skoda despite the fact that he was a disqualified driver. At 11.50am on February 21, police officers were driving through Dalmally when they saw the Skoda being driven in the opposite direction.
“Aware that there was a lookout for the vehicle, police turned around and signalled for it to stop, which it did.”
