WHITE SCAM MAN
Van driver is jailed after faking photos to challenge speeding fines
IT seemed like a foolproof way of getting the better of the country’s network of speed cameras.
With just a few clicks of a computer mouse, Jordan Notley convinced police to overturn his speeding ticket with a doctored image of his van.
But after trying the trick for a second time, the 23-year-old was caught out by an eagle-eyed officer and arrested for perverting the course of justice.
Notley, of East Craigs, Edinburgh, was jailed last month at Carlisle Crown Court for six months for the scam.
The court heard that in December 2016 a Volkswagen van was captured by a speed camera on the A69 in Warwick Bridge, Cumbria.
Notley, the registered keeper of the vehicle, sent a letter to the Central Ticket Office stating that it could not have been him as the van was off the road at the time of the offence.
He accompanied this with what turned out to be a doctored image of his van – showing it with a different front grille.
On that occasion, no further action was taken and he was even offered an apology by the enforcement agency, which is based at Cumbria Constabulary’s headquarters in Penrith.
In April 2017, the same vehicle was clocked speeding on the A66 at Kirkby Thore, in Cumbria.
Once again Notley claimed that the van was off the road and sent in a photograph showing the registration plate moved to the top of the van.
But he was caught out the second time when suspicions were raised and ‘careful detective work’ exposed his crimes.
Yesterday, police released the images which Notley had used to try to con officers into overturning his speeding tickets.
Notley admitted twice carrying out acts intended to pervert the course of justice.
Judge James Adkin said: ‘The rules of the road apply to everybody. You are not excluded from that group.’
Inspector Steve Minnikin, of the Mobile Support Group, said: ‘This case and subsequent period of imprisonment is reflective of certain members of society not willing to accept their responsibilities and engaging in what is nothing short of a criminal activity to cover their tracks. What may have been seen as an easy option in the past or something people just do, like an exaggerated house insurance claim, is simply not true any more.’
He added: ‘The message is simple – don’t do it. We will find you out and you can answer to the criminal justice system for a far more serious offence, which may ultimately cost you your job or livelihood. Nobody wants to see that happen.’
‘Nothing short of criminal activity’