A firm has been fined more than £600 after failing to say who was driving a vehicle which was alleged to have been involved in an offence.

Melton Meadows Properties LTD, based in Higham, was charged with failing to identify the driver on a vehicle in Plymouth on June 25.

The charge related to a Range Rover being driven at Crownhill.

The firm admitted the charge and at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court on January 26 was fined £660.

It was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £66 and costs of £90.

Magistrates said they had taken the plea into account when sentencing.

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