Lying minicab driver claimed pal had been speeding in his cab - but he had been deported THREE YEARS earlier Driver narrowly escapes jail for perverting course of justice when police discovered man blamed for speeding three times had already been sent back to Pakistan for drink driving
A lying Birmingham cabbie narrowly escaped jail when he tried to claim a pal was behind the wheel of his minicab when he was caught speeding.
But he was Abid Manzoor was caught out when cops discovered the friend had been deported to Pakistan three years earlier.
Minicab driver Manzoor, of Essendon Grove, Alum Rock, triggered three speed cameras within the space of six weeks last year while working for a Solihull private hire firm TC Radio Cars.
Instead of accepting a fine and points on his clean licence he filled in prosecution forms claiming pal Jawad Abassi was behind the wheel at the time.
However, officers from West Midlands Police’s Camera Enforcement Unit discovered that Abassi had been sent back to Pakistan in July 2011 after serving a jail sentence for drink-driving.
Police visited Abassi’s former known addresses in Tyseley and Alum Rock and neighbours confirmed he’d been thrown out of the country.
Manzoor, 39, was handed a six-month jail term suspended for two years at Birmingham Crown Court. He was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.
The court heard that minicab firm records showed Manzoor was on duty at the time of the speeding offences and assigned jobs shortly before the speed cameras were triggered.
He initially claimed to have “made a mistake” when completing the police documents but eventually admitted three speeding offences and trying to pervert the course of justice.
PC Steve Jevons from West Midlands Police, said: “It never ceases to amaze me how people think they can lie and avoid punishment for driving offences. But this was a particularly odd case as Manzoor’s licence was clean so even with the points he wouldn’t have been banned.
“We were able to provide solid evidence that he was behind the wheel at the time and, as this was a concerted effort to deceive the police, he was charged with trying to pervert the course of justice.”
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