A MAN has been given eight penalty points for failing to stop after crashing into a telegraph pole.

Jordan Lee, 23, of Eglinton Drive, Chelmsford, was charged with failing to stop after hitting the BT telegraph pole on London Road, Maldon, on July 15.

He was also charged with being in charge of a vehicle which was abandoned in a position which could have put other road users in danger of injury.

The case was proved in his absence on November 22 and Lee was sentenced at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on March 10.

Magistrates handed him eight penalty points, fined him £320 and ordered him to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £90 costs.