Mini driver lands £1,500 court bill after crunching two cars in Northampton hit 'n run
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A hit and run driver who fled after crashing into two cars landed a £1,500 court bill.
Grant Dickens, aged 45, was behind the wheel of a Mini Cooper which failed to stop after colliding with a Vauxhall Astra and Honda Accord parked in Southampton Road, Delapre, on December 11 last year.
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Dickens, of Kingsmead, Northampton did not appear at Northampton Magistrates Court but was convicted in his absence and hit with two £660 fines — one for each offence of failing to stop and failing to report an accident to the police.
Magistrates also ordered him to pay £85 prosecution costs and £132 surcharge to fund victim services taking the total bill to £1,537 — plus eight penalty points on his licence.