A DISQUALIFIED motorcyclist was ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work and pay £250 compensation and £65 costs, after pushing his trials bike across a supermarket car park.
Christopher O'Brien had been taking the bike home after it had been repaired and thought because the engine was not switched on he would not fall foul of the law. But Blackburn magistrates heard that O'Brien crashed into a car being driven by a woman shopper.
O'Brien, 24, of Sudellside, Darwen, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance.
The court was told that after crashing into the car, O'Brien walked over and immediately offered to pay for the damage.
Rachel Adamson, defending, said the bike had been bought for off-roading and O'Brien had no intention of using it in any other way.
