Gosport man jailed after pleading guilty to driving offences in Romsey

A 29-year-old man from Gosport has been jailed for 12 weeks after pleading guilty to a number of driving offences.

It comes after officers, who were patrolling in the Romsey area, identified a stolen vehicle travelling towards West Wellow on 1 January 2023. Officers successfully used pre-emptive tactics at Greatbridge service station in an attempt to stop the vehicle.

The vehicle continued along Fishlake Meadows and Robert Whitworth Drive – where the driver decamped before being located by officers hiding in a nearby garden of a residential property.

George Peter Berry, aged 29, of Brockhurst Road in Gosport was subsequently arrested and charged with taking a vehicle without consent, driving whilst disqualified and driving without third-party insurance.

Appeared at Southampton Magistrates Court on Tuesday 3 January, Berry pleaded guilty and was jailed for 12 weeks and further disqualified from driving for an additional 19 months. He was also ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £154 victim surcharge.