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Repeat offender caught driving Merc with fake insurance, NCT discs
Summary
Alexandru Enacke, 32, of Hazelgrove Estate, Tallaght, appeared before Tallaght District Court after a Garda stop at Killinarden on 5 December 2023. He was found driving a Mercedes with a fake AXA insurance disc and a false NCT disc, while the vehicle was uninsured, had no valid NCT, and Enacke held no valid Irish driving licence. He pleaded guilty to driving without insurance, driving without a valid licence, and using false insurance and NCT discs with intent to mislead. Enacke had eight prior convictions, including two for driving without insurance, and had been disqualified for two years in February 2024. The court, hearing his defence that a policy had lapsed due to a typo, rejected his explanation. Judge Patricia McNamara sentenced him to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, a five‑year driving disqualification, a €650 fine, and required him to sign a bond and comply with existing disqualifications.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Repeat offender caught driving Merc with fake insurance, NCT discs. Charges or matters: multiple road traffic and fraud charges following a Garda stop at Killinarden in the south Dublin suburb on December 5, 2023; driving without insurance, driving without a valid licence and using both a false insurance disc and a false NCT disc with the intention of misleading others into accepting them as genuine. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 5, 2023 Incident
- February 2024 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2025-06-17 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: multiple road traffic and fraud charges following a Garda stop at Killinarden in the south Dublin suburb on December 5, 2023; driving without insurance, driving without a valid licence and using both a false insurance disc and a false NCT disc with the intention of misleading others into accepting them as genuine (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Other law-abiding people are paying for behaviour like this." Taking his guilty plea into account, Judge McNamara convicted and sentenced Enacke to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and disqualified him from driving for five years.
Places mentioned
- Tallaght
- Tallaght District Court
- Blanchardstown
- Blanchardstown District Court
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