A MOTORIST was locked up again yesterday after driving while disqualified and on licence having been released from prison.

Robert Thompson, of Portland Place, Darlington, was stopped by police in the town last month, South Durham Magistrates' Court heard.

Magistrates were told that the 19-year-old had already been convicted for driving while disqualified on more than one occasion.

Graham Hunsley, in mitigation, said Thompson had experienced a complex upbringing.

"He spent a great deal of time, through most of his adolescence and into adulthood, in one form of institution or another, whether that was custody or secure accommodation provided by the local authority because he was subject to care proceedings," he said.

The court heard that Thompson was at a high risk of re-offending.

He pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance and was sentenced to five months in a youth offenders institute.