East Lancashire drivers face bans and fines for motoring offences

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 11:02 · Archive

Several drivers in East Lancashire have been convicted of driving offences including drug-driving, driving without insurance and driving while disqualified.

Several drivers in East Lancashire were convicted of motoring offences at magistrates' courts in early October. Qais Iqbal, 33, of Blackburn, admitted drug-driving after testing positive for a cocaine breakdown product while driving on Bolton Road in April 2026. He was handed a community order with 80 hours unpaid work, a 29-month driving ban, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge.

Other drivers faced action for driving without insurance or while disqualified. Rizwaan Nazim, 30, of Burnley, was convicted in his absence of driving without insurance on 4 June 2025 and received a £440 fine, six-month ban and ordered to pay £120 costs plus a £176 surcharge. Ike Crawshaw, 26, of Accrington, admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance on 23 July, receiving a community order with 100 hours unpaid work, a further 12-month ban and £85 costs.

Ednan Bashir, 46, of Bradford, was fined £162 after changing his plea to admit driving without insurance on 24 March 2025, receiving a six-month ban and ordered to pay £170 costs and £65 surcharge. Firas Abdel Kader, 42, of Burnley, was convicted of failing to identify the driver of a vehicle in a speeding incident.

How it is being reported

• Preston Magistrates Court listings for Tuesday, October 13A total of 33 cases are listed before Preston Magistrates today (Tuesday, October 13), including assault, harassment, theft, driving offences and possession of knives in public.Chorley Guardian · 13 Oct, 10:46
• All of the latest East Lancashire cases heard by the magistrates' courtThe following magistrates' court cases were heard on October 7 and October 8.Lancashire Telegraph · 12 Oct, 05:00

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