Inverness hit and run leads to three-figure fine
An engineer who felt unwell was driving home when he collided with a car in Inverness's Grant Street last summer.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that 60-year-old Antony Bessell, of Ferry Road, Barrow-in-Furness was seen to strike the other vehicle and then drive off on the evening of August 9.
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Fiscal depute Karen Poke told Sheriff Neil Wilson that Bessell was tracked down a short time later as CCTV filmed the incident.
Bessell admitted driving carelessly, failing to report the accident and failing to stop.
Defending, Rory Gowans said: "He had been working in the area for five months at the Beauly substation and he took unwell."
Sheriff Wilson fined Bessell a total of £790 and endorsed his licence with nine penalty points having considered and rejected "by a narrow margin" disqualifying the ex-serviceman from driving.
