A MAN who used a false number plate to avoid detection has been jailed for 18 weeks after driving while disqualified.
Christopher Paul Warburton admitted that he drove his Ford Focus on the M6 between junctions 35 and 36 while disqualified on September 23.
South Cumbria Magistrates' Court heard the 38-year-old, of Grimshaw Street in Preston, used a false number plate, court papers said.
He also admitted driving without insurance and using a fraudulent registration plate and was banned from holding a licence for a further 36 months.
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