A MOTORCYCLIST who failed to stop after an accident in Oldbury was found to have taken the machine without the owner’s consent.

Martin Green pleaded guilty to both charges at Dudley Magistrates Court and was jailed for eight weeks suspended for 12 months.

The 36-year-old, of Ascot Walk, Oldbury, also admitted riding the Triumph motorcycle without insurance and without a licence when he was in collision with a Volkswagen Golf in Portway Road.

He was banned from driving for 12 months, placed on supervision for a year, ordered to observe a night-time curfew for 16 weeks and to pay £330 costs and victim surcharge.