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Chas Newkey-Burden

Man caught after driving without licence for 50 years

And other stories from the stranger side of life

A pensioner’s luck has “finally run out” as his car was stopped and it was discovered he’d been driving without a licence for 50 years, reported Metro. When officers from the Derbyshire Police road policing unit pulled a car over for several offences, they discovered the 69-year-old driver had never passed his test or possessed a driving licence, meaning he had been driving illegally for five decades. The police said “the flaw in his dastardly plan was bragging”.

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