A BANNED driver who caused a head-on crash, by driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway, has been jailed after being caught driving again.
Joe Njau, aged 38, from Kenya, was given a six-month suspended prison sentence for causing the crash in Red House Road, Moulton in March 2008, while over the limit.
Northampton Crown Court heard how he was driving a Vauxhall Vectra down the wrong side of some bollards and crashed head-on into an oncoming vehicle.
Gavin Lyon, prosecuting, said a breath test revealed he had 67 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, when the limit is 35mg and had never passed a UK driving test.
After he admitted dangerous driving and having no licence, he was sentenced to six-months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, and banned from driving for three years. But on August 9, he was arrested for driving a Nissan in St Mary’s Road, Northampton, and gave police a false name.
After using a portable fingerprint device, the officer was able to prove he was a disqualified driver.
Njau, of Priory Road, Wellingborough pleaded guilty before magistrates to driving while disqualified, having no insurance, obstructing an officer and breach of the suspended sentence.
Judge Richard Bray jailed him for three months, banned him for two more years and activated the six month sentence, to be served consecutively.
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