Drivers trying to evade responsibilities for their safety camera offences could be found guilty of Perverting the Course of Justice. This is a very serious offence which can result in life imprisonment.
When receiving a Notice of Intended Prosecution this requires the addressee to complete the form themselves providing the correct details of the driver at the time of the offence. Failure to do so will result in a prosecution. You CANNOT and MUST NOT pass the letter on for someone else to complete for you.
These are just a selection of recent court action and results; please click on the link provided for full details of the offence:
GRADUATE WHO PAID STRANGER TO TAKE SPEEDING POINTS JAILED
Ayesha Ahmed was caught driving over 30mph by the same camera twice in five minutes.
Ahmed, 27, from Dudley, paid a man she had never met £450 to take the points.
She was jailed for three months after being found guilty of Perverting the Course of Justice following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36150727
BIRMINGHAM MAN JAILED AFTER SCAM TRYING TO AVOID HUNDREDS OF SPEEDING FINES
A man who made up to £100,000 by making up fake drivers to take speeding tickets for people has been jailed for 18 months.
Ramesh Jhalli who’s 40 and from Hodge Hill admitted helping 10 people avoid fines, but police think he helped hundreds more.
It’s estimated he pocketed up to £100,000 from the scam between November 2012 and October 2014 by charging people £200 each. He used fake names and addresses on speeding notices and sent them back to police.
https://www.capitalfm.com/birmingham/radio/news/local/birmingham-man-jailed-after-scam-to-avoid/
MAN JAILED FOR EIGHT MONTHS FOR PERVERTING COURSE OF JUSTICE AFTER LYING ON THREE SPEEDING TICKETS
A 42-year-old man has been jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice after lying on three speeding tickets.
He was handed the sentence after being caught speeding on the 30mph Bristol Road in Edgbaston three times within a week.
Instead of owning up to the offences, Ahmed lied on three speeding notices of intended prosecution in August last year by making up a name and address.
SPEEDING TAXI DRIVER JAILED FOR TRYING TO DODGE FINES
A speeding taxi driver jailed for trying to dodge fines and licence points by inventing a fictitious cabbie to take the rap.
The driver triggered six speed cameras in Birmingham between October 2009 and July 2012. On each occasion he claimed someone else was behind the wheel and completed official forms with bogus driver details. He appeared at Birmingham Crown Court, where he was jailed for 10 months and banned from driving for a year after admitting attempting to pervert the course of justice
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/speeding-birmingham-cabbie-caught-out-6793776
RANGE ROVER DRIVER JAILED FOR 11 MONTHS FOR DODGING 14 SPEEDING TICKETS
A man who tried to wriggle out of responsibility for 14 speeding tickets has been jailed for 11 month and disqualified for driving for four years after activating cameras all over the country. He was charged with perverting the course of justice after providing an invented name and address in order to escape penalty points.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/range-rover-driver-who-tried-14217666