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Unlicensed driver jailed after being caught behind wheel for 14th time

Kevin Hockey Maitland Local Court Maitland

Maitland courthouse, where Beresfield man Samuel Shakespeare was sentenced on January 31. File picture

A Hunter man has been jailed after police caught him near Maitland driving while disqualified for the 14^th time.

Samuel Shakespeare, 31, has never held a NSW driver's licence, according to court documents, and was serving an almost 15-year ban when officers spotted him cutting off traffic and swerving on Anderson Drive at Beresfield just after 11am on October 12 last year.

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