The Chief

BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Speeding ticket scam man jailed

Lets face it the guy was silly trying to get off a charge for only doing 37mph but FFS the amount of resources the police must have used to nail this man is nothing short of ridiculous!!!!!

Pity they dont extend those energies to all crimes!!!

MJW

I wouldn't have thought it would've taken too much police resources to prove that offender was a total tool, looks like he did most of the work himself

davegtt

Good effort on that man Suprised they went to great lengths to catch him out though.

SJ_Skyline

Jailing the chap because he drives a Rover is a bit OTT to be honset

stilover

But to jail him???????????????? WTF?

How many times do we watch "Traffic Cops" or the like to see an unisured driver/disqualified driver get caught and get a puny fine. Your local Chav can go out and mug an old woman, and not even get jail time.

Try to get out of a speeding fine? Jail.

Just goes to show where the Police prefer to put their resources, and the CPS prefer to put their full weight behind.

Daft Lad

Perfectly adequate IMO

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

well if this is a serious criminal offence I would hate to see what they catagorise murder as

stilover

Suspended sentence.

Fluff-er

Messing with 'the man' is not to be taken lightly

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

Attempting to pervert the course of justice is a serious offence, with up to seven years in prison. And anyone who hasn't the stones to take it like a man shouldn't be speeding in the first place.


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Ghetto Dude3

i applaud his plan of getting off with it, i suspect a few people have done this before, and he probably spoke to a few mates who have done the same thing, its just the old bill got wise

them stickers look to new and if he had of spent a short amount of time weathering them up, he would have gotten away with it

Felix.

Its because it perverting the course of justice which the courts will not like. Its got to be seen as being tough else other will try it. Its similar to witness intimidation.

His sentence will also be based on his previous record etc

Fluff-er

I doubt weathering them up would have worked. He must have used his CC or bank card.

Numb skull

-officers found that the number plate and stickers had been bought from a local shop in December-

Leslie

They don't like you getting away with fines, same sort of deal if you don't pay your council tax as well. Money is so important.

Les

dpb

Judge must have set a precedent i guess - and yes its cost the tax payer big time

money well spent

MJW

Far more important than actual justice - this is why the majority of court cases are won by the person with the deepest pockets.
In this particular case, the offender didn't exactly do himself any favours though !