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3 MONTHS FOR TAKING SONS POINTS
77 year old man jailed for taking son’s speeding points
Robert Logue – who had a clean licence – took the blame when his son was caught by a speed camera driving at 51mph in a 40mph zone near Boston, Lincolnshire, last October.
Police were alerted to the “fabric of justice” when the son, also named Robert, boasted to a friend about how he escaped the 3 points on top his already loaded 9 point licence. The friend – presuming ex-friend now - then alerted the authorities.
Both men admitted perverting the course of justice, with the son being jailed for 3 months, fined £150, given 3 points and banned from driving for six months. His father, despite suffering from high blood pressure and having a wife dependant on his support was told by Judge Michael Heath “This is a serious offence. It strikes at the fabric of justice. The message must go out that people who do this, and who say they don’t think they are doing anything seriously wrong, will not get away with it. I have considered your health and domestic circumstances, but I am not persuaded any sentence should be suspended.”
A survey by Churchill Insurance suggested that nearly 500,000 have swapped penalty points with friends and relatives, a fact supported by Paul Smith, from safety group Safe Speed. “The police rely on admission of guilt to secure conviction in these cases, there are hundreds of thousands of people involved in this but there have only been a dozen convictions.”
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