A 50-year-old man has admitted driving while he was disqualified.

Shaun James William Webb had not retaken his test after a 10-year ban ended but claimed he had thought he was allowed to drive once the ban finished.

He will be sentenced on December 16 after a probation report has been completed.

Prosecuting advocate Rachael Braidwood told the court that police received a report on May 14 of a man driving on his own while only holding a provisional licence.

Webb was said to have driven from Port Erin and was heading into Douglas in a silver Renault Laguna.

Police decided to wait at his home address, at Reginald Mews in Douglas, and Webb subsequently arrived and parked the car nearby.

He was spoken to by police and confirmed he only held a provisional licence but claimed he had ’only driven down the road’.

When police challenged him saying he had driven from Port Erin he did not deny it.

Webb was banned from driving in 2006 for 10 years and jailed for seven years for two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

He was driving without L-plates, licence or insurance when that incident occurred, on the Ballamodha Straight in October 2003 and resulted in the deaths of 57-year-old Elisabeth Jane Corlett and her mother, 83-year-old Elaine Gawne.

On Thursday, the court heard that he has never passed a driving test or held a full licence.

Defence advocate Matthew Wilshaw asked for credit to be given for his client’s guilty plea and asked for a probation report to be completed before sentencing.

Magistrates ordered that the report consider all sentencing options, including custody.

Bail continues in the sum of £500 with a condition to contact probation and not leave the island without court consent.