A MOTORIST has denied three separate driving offences.

Joe Brown (25), of Moorland Avenue, Haltwhistle, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court last Thursday and pleaded not guilty to driving a car without a licence and without insurance on the town’s Main Street on February 28 and a further charge of riding a motorbike with no insurance on Westgate on March 6.

He will stand trial at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on August 5.