A Lamborghini driver has been fined and had his high-end vehicle seized by police after driving it in the North East without insurance. 

Hamza Javed, 26, appeared in Teesside Magistrates' Court on August 23, charged with driving a vehicle without insurance. 

Javed, from Birmingham, was caught on Yarm Road in Stockton on June 8 of this year by police, who seized the Lamborghini Huracan he was driving. 

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Despite pleading not guilty on March 9, 2023, Javed was found guilty on Wednesday (August 23) in court. 

He was fined £180, ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge, and costs of £620 to the Crown Prosecution Service.