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| Author: | JD [ Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | If you're going to pervert the course of justice wear a wig |
Yorkshire Post September 21, 2006 HEADLINE: Couple admit lying over speed camera Olwen Dudgeon A TAXI driver and his wife both ended up in court yesterday after he was caught on camera going over the speed limit but persuaded her to take the blame for him. Leeds Crown Court heard a mobile camera on the A645 Pontefract Road in Featherstone recorded a Ford Mondeo at excess speed on January 16 this year. A notice of intended prosecution was sent to the registered keeper and the form was returned by Debra Harrington, 43, with a letter of admission as a result of which her licence would be endorsed with three penalty points. Michael Smith, prosecuting, told the court that the video was later checked and it showed that a man was driving. Further checks were made with the licensing office for the taxi which showed David Harrington, 44, was the licence holder and had picked up a fare two minutes before the offence. Both Harrington and his wife were interviewed and he admitted persuading her to take the blame so he could avoid penalty points which might jeopardise his job. The couple, from Camp Mount, Love Lane, Pontefract, who admitted perverting the course of justice were each given a three month jail sentence suspended for 12 months; David Harrington was ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work for the community and his wife 50 hours. They were also ordered to pay £75 each costs. Sentencing David Harrington, Judge Stephen Ashurst said they had come close to going to prison immediately. "You made an extremely foolish decision to try and fool the system by asking your wife to effectively take the speeding ticket." In the normal course of events he would have received a fine and three penalty points which would not have led to the loss of his licence "so it is very difficult to understand why in this case you made the decision you did which had the result of getting your wife involved in a crime which in my judgement she would not otherwise have committed. "It may well be thought by members of the public that fooling the speed cameras is seen as something that can be done without consequences but perverting the course of justice, which is what the two of you did, together is a serious matter." He said it was only because they realised the idiocy of their actions and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity that he could suspend the inevitable jail sentence. ............................................. |
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