Jail for persistent speeder who lied about name
A LYING driver who gave fake names to avoid five speeding tickets has been jailed.
Mohammed Saber, 51, from Hodge Hill, was caught out by traffic officers after providing false identities to escape punishment.
He was clocked at 62mph on a 50mph stretch of the M1 in Bedfordshire in November 2013, and then at 65mph on the same motorway in January 2014. Sales assistant Saber was also caught speeding in a BMW on Washwood Heath Road in July 2015; in Tyndale Road, Birmingham, in December last year – and again in Washwood Heath Road in July when a camera snapped him travelling at 45mph in a 30mph zone.
On each occasion Saber completed a Notice of Intended Prosecution form with bogus names and address- es, which meant the ‘phantom’ driver could not be traced. Suspicious officers led an investigation and Saber, from Stechford Road, initially denied any wrongdoing.
But a forensic examination was carried out on one of the penalty notices to prove he had been in possession of the document and CCTV caught him behind the wheel.
Saber admitted five counts of con- spiracy to pervert the course of justice and was jailed for 10 months at Birmingham Crown Court. He was disqualified for 17 months.
Pc Steve Jevons, from the camera enforcement unit, said: “Those who lie to avoid a fine or penalty points will be hauled before the courts. Saber thought he could avoid punishment but justice caught up with him, and he is now behind bars.”