A MOTHER of three was banned from driving for a year after she was convicted of a string of motoring offences.

Even though Jodie Robinson, aged 24, did not have a licence she had been given a car by her former partner, Bolton magistrates were told.

Police caught her driving along Newport Street. Robinson, of Alder Street, Great Lever, had no insurance and no MOT certificate.

She also pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to bail on May 9. Magistrates were told she had not turned up because she was looking after her children. As well as the ban, she was fined £150.

and disqualified from driving for 12 months.