A WINCHESTER man has a jail sentence hanging order him after failing to a pay an old fine.
Christopher Brian Sutherland, 37, of Ramsay Road, Kings Worthy, has yet to pay £475 dating back to September 2014.
Basingstoke Magistrates Court heard an application for a committal to prison.
Instead they imposed a suspended 31-day prison term to allow Sutherland to pay the fine at £50 a month starting on September 1.
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