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A serial criminal who has been banned from the road for the 43rd time told police that going back to jail would not stop him driving again.



John Moir, 46, has been jailed for ten months after boasting to officers who arrested him that he was playing a 'game of cat and mouse' with them. He has been convicted of 218 separate offences, one of which involved him ploughing into a pedestrian who nearly died of his injuries. In the latest case, South East Suffolk magistrates' court in Ipswich heard Moir was pulled up by police last Wednesday for driving while banned. The court heard that when he was questioned about the offence, an unrepentant Moir told officers: 'It's a game of cat and mouse. 'I never admit anything, this isn't going to stop me driving. Going to prison won't stop me.'

Emma Howson, prosecuting, said that Moir, who has 52 previous convictions, was caught driving a silver Vauxhall Tigra in Woodbridge, Suffolk, at 4pm last Wednesday. Police found the motor belonged to his partner and arrested him. In court Moir, of Ipswich, Suffolk, also admitted two thefts from vehicles in car parks over Christmas. Moir had piled up 42 previous convictions for driving while disqualified and had 77 thefts on his criminal record, the court heard.

His last conviction was on August 13, 2012, for driving while banned, resisting a police officer and having no car insurance, for which he was jailed for five months.


Moir admitted driving while banned, having no insurance, and two charges of theft. He received a four-month jail sentence for driving while disqualified, and three months for each theft to run consecutively.
Moir was also given a 12-month driving ban to replace a two-year disqualification he was given on September 6, 2011.

CV OF A CAREER CRIMINAL:
He's been banned from driving 43 times
He has 52 previous convictions
They relate to 218 offences, including 77 convictions of theft
His most recent jail term is ten months
He received 18 months in jail after hitting Simon Jacobs and served half of it
Last June he was jailed for 16 weeks for driving while banned and uninsured
Last August he was jailed for five months for the same offence plus resisting arrest

.If he wants to apply for a new licence after his ban expires he will have to take an extended driving re-test before he is legally allowed to drive a vehicle. Father-of-two Simon Jacobs, 45, was left in a coma and doctors believed he would die after Moir hit him after jumping a red light in Ipswich in August 2010. Moir served just nine months in prison after he was eventually captured following the incident in which he nearly killed Mr Jacobs. Today Mr Jacobs, who had been walking home from a snooker hall when he was hit, warned: 'I believe it is only a matter of time before he kills someone.