The 17-year-old was charged with various motoring offences in April as part of Operation Nebraska –– a two-year enforcement campaign to target illegal off-road vehicles on the notorious woodland site, which is owned by UK Coal, the Forestry Commission and Nottinghamshire County Council.

He was convicted at Mansfield Magistrates' Court of dangerous driving, driving without insurance or a valid licence and failing to stop. In addition to the driving ban, he also received a referral order.

Details of his conviction come as police revealed that another three arrests were made at The Desert last week as part of the same enforcement campaign.

Two local men, aged 35 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of driving offences on the site and another, aged 50, for theft. The trio have since been released on police bail.

A 21-year-old man is still on bail after he was also arrested in April on suspicion of dangerous driving at the site.

Since the operation was launched in April, a total of 228 off-road bikes and 4x4's have been turned away from the site's entry points.

Officers have seized 28 motorbikes, issued 45 warning notices and hit seven people with £200 fines and six points on their drivers' licences.