FINES have been handed to motorists who were caught not wearing seatbelts in Wyre Forest.

Patrick Coombes, aged 32, of Larkhill, Kidderminster, appeared at Hereford Magistrates' Court on Thursday, January 13 and was fined for driving without a seatbelt on Stourbridge Road.

On the same day in the same court, David Harris, aged 31, of Warndon Green, Worcester, was also fined for the same offence after he was caught on Worcester Road, Kidderminster.

The following day at the court, 48-year-old Steven Smith, of Greenway, Rock, was fined for not wearing a seatbelt after driving in Bewdley.

On the same day, Nicholas Smith, aged 36, of Foster Street, Walsall, was also fined for the same offence whilst driving in Kidderminster.

All of the defendants were ordered to pay £344. This includes a £220 fine, a victim surcharge of £34, and costs of £90.