Eric Agyei pleaded guilty to the offences when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court (Credit pic: Google street maps)
A man caught repeatedly driving hire cars in Grays, despite being banned from the roads, has been jailed for four months.
Eric Agyei, of New Cross Road, New Cross Gate was found to have rented 32 vehicles over a four-month period.
The 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to the offences when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday, 20 January.
Agyei was initially spotted by officers from the West Operation Raptor team, who were patrolling in Wharf Road South on Wednesday, 9 January last year.
He was found with camera equipment in his hand, stood next to a red Mercedes which had the doors wide open.
When asked about the car and how it had got there, Agyei claimed it had been rented and driven by another man.
A hire car company, however, established the banned driver had an account with them and had active history over the four-month period.