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An asylum seeker living in Oldham who was once again caught behind the wheel of a car without insurance cover was banned from driving for six months by Rochdale magistrates.

However, because Hassan Mohammed Xidir (24), of Savoy Street, was penniless the bench also gave him a conditional discharge for twelve months and waived court costs.



An African prince who tried to smuggle cocaine concealed inside onions into the UK has been jailed for 12 years.

Prince Adegbenie Olateru-Olagbegi, 55, thought the onion odour would hide his cache, worth £163,000, as he arrived at Heathrow Airport from Lagos, Nigeria.




A GANG of Romanian immigrants who tried to steal from a Teesside newsagents by distracting staff have been jailed.

The four women and a man, who had travelled from Slough, Berkshire, to commit the crime, targeted a newsagents in Langley Avenue, Thornaby, on April 7.