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The 45-year-old initially admitted to the offence, but later withdrew this reporting that his vehicle had been cloned.
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| Author: | StuartW [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
Taxi driver fined after lying about speeding https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/174750 ... -speeding/ A taxi driver has been ordered to pay more than £800 in fines and had his driving license endorsed with six points after denying that he activated a speed camera in Leigh. Sivapathan Suthakaran of Midhurst Avenue, Westcliff, was accused of driving in excess of the 40 mph speed limit on the Southend Arterial Road whilst in his taxi on March 30, 2017. He denied this when he first appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court, in Victoria Avenue, on November 5, 2018 and the matter went to trial. The 45-year-old initially admitted to the offence, but later withdrew this reporting that his vehicle had been cloned. However when asked to complete the appropriate paper work, he failed to do so and instead told police someone else was driving the taxi at the time it activated the speed camera. Following an investigation, Mr Suthakaran appeared at Southend Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, February 19 where he was found guilty of failing to provide information to the police in relation to the speeding charge. Southend magistrates ordered Mr Suthakaran to pay £405 in fines, prosecution costs and a victim surcharge, as well as having his driving license endorsed with six points. The payments will be made in £30 instalments every two weeks. Investigating Officer PC Dan Cordwell, of Essex Police’s Casualty Reduction Section, said Mr Suthakaran’s dishonesty had cost him dearly. He added: “Sivapathan Suthakaran chose to deliberately mislead us and instead of having his driving license endorsed with three points, he ended up paying a much higher price because of his dishonesty.” |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
Quote: The 45-year-old initially admitted to the offence, but later withdrew this reporting that his vehicle had been cloned.
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
Quote: However when asked to complete the appropriate paper work, he failed to do so and instead told police someone else was driving the taxi at the time it activated the speed camera. Very lucky he wasn't charged with the imprisonable 'perverting the course of justice'. |
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| Author: | StuartW [ Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
Sussex wrote: Quote: However when asked to complete the appropriate paper work, he failed to do so and instead told police someone else was driving the taxi at the time it activated the speed camera. Very lucky he wasn't charged with the imprisonable 'perverting the course of justice'. Yes, looks like he got off lightly compared to some others, but maybe his council's licensing committee won't be quite so lenient. But suspect the system took pity on the daftie because he doesn't seem the sharpest tool in the box, and Inspector Morse not required to work out what was going on. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
Sussex wrote: Quote: However when asked to complete the appropriate paper work, he failed to do so and instead told police someone else was driving the taxi at the time it activated the speed camera. Very lucky he wasn't charged with the imprisonable 'perverting the course of justice'. I suspect that at some point in the future he might be so charged this court case was dealing with the original speeding offence 
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
The name says it all I'm afraid. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
Nidge2 wrote: The name says it all I'm afraid. and you say I'm racist !! |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Southend driver lied twice about speeding offence |
edders23 wrote: Nidge2 wrote: The name says it all I'm afraid. and you say I'm racist !!  I was pulling ya chain. It would seem these people think they can beat the system. |
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