Publishers
offering clever guides to getting off speeding fines
In our recent news item we
noted:
There are a number of organisations that will sell you letters
"guaranteed" to get you off speeding tickets. Thos
one of our members has seen tell you to say you do not know
who was driving the car, it could have been one of three people
and that you give their details and say you have made every
effort to determine which one it was, but unsuccessfully. Then
they say you should only claim this if it is true, of course!
The hope is that the police will give up at that point, but
the danger is they may not and they may manage to collect enough
evidence to prosecute you for perverting the course of justice,!
One couple were fined £11,000 and other people have been
imprisoned for that offence in connection with speeding tickets.
Now we have a report of a case where the use of the suggested
"advice" has backfired is a serious way.
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Ruse
to avoid a speeding fine backfires with serious consequences!
Chris Hunt Cooke has seen a report where a couple came
seriously unstuck when they tried to use one of the ruses
suggested by an internet publisher. He says: "a news
item was pointed out today which is very relevant to what
I said to you recently. This couple "had consulted
an internet website giving advice on how to challenge
speeding tickets, Derby Crown Court was told." but
"instead of a £60 fine and three points off
her licence, Mrs Rodger and her husband were told to pay
£5,000 costs and narrowly escaped jail for perverting
the course of justice. Passing sentence at Derby Crown
Court, Judge David Brumming gave both a six month jail
term, suspended for two years, and ordered them to carry
out 300 hours of unpaid work."
It is reported the husband was a magistrate - but no longer!
See the
report of the case. More
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