Tuesday 8th January 2013

Facebook fool

Man uses Facebook to try and find someone to take his speeding points, doesn't end well

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We've probably all put things up on Facebook that we regretted sharing with the world. It's unlikely they resulted in a jail sentence though.

But then, if you use a social networking page to publicly try and recruit an accomplice in a plot to pervert the course of justice, you might expect a pretty stern response. And that's exactly what Scott Woodburn from Rotherham got, after posting on Facebook to see if anyone would be willing to take the fall for a three-point fixed penalty that would have seen him banned if he'd admitted to it.

Well, he got his ban anyway. And five months in prison for his trouble. Meanwhile, the chap who volunteered to take the points - despite not having a driving licence - for a reported £250 earned himself an 11-week suspended sentence too.

In a statement on its website South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership has wasted little opportunity for a bit of finger wagging in an effort to make an example of Woodburn. "Hopefully this case will send a warning to anyone who would consider anything so irresponsible," an unnamed spokesperson is quoted as saying. "Woodburn showed no regard for anyone else. He was prepared to drive at excessive speed, once caught rather than changing the manner of his driving he selfishly paid to have someone else to take the blame so that he could continue behaving as before."

Anyone got that Jean-Luc Picard double facepalm image to hand?

 

[pSyCoSiS]

Well he got more than he bargained for then!

[Mermaid]

Silly man.

But 3 points is rather a blunt tool - a graduated system makes more sense to me. I think Labour had suggested 2 points for the SP30's.

[Krikkit]

[CAPP0]

Repost Fool?

[Dan Trent]

Krikkit said:

I thank you!

Noted that it'd already got some airtime. But I thought he'd earned himself some homepage glory too!

Cheers,

Dan

[rigga]

Must be a quiet day ....

[GTIR]

Ooh. I didn't know PH had an editor type bloke.

You're no Chris God Harris though buddy. (To be fair nothing compares, to him. )

Actually. Can we have Sir CH's view on this please?

[M666 EVO]

The trick is to not speed. Easy.

Or at least don't get caught!

[Tobeman]

How about a Tommy Lee Jones implied facepalm?

[Friggerpants]

CAPP0 said:

Repost Fool?

Not at all, fool.

Some of us don't constantly dwell in the forums, and wouldn't have seen this article had it not been for the news on the front page.

[Dan Trent]

Tobeman said:

How about a Tommy Lee Jones implied facepalm?

Oh I like that!

Dan

[Oddball RS]

11-week suspended sentence too.




Wowsers, how about he serves it in Afghan running round in Union Jack PJ's?

[CAPP0]

Friggerpants said:

Not at all, fool.

Some of us don't constantly dwell in the forums, and wouldn't have seen this article had it not been for the news on the front page.

May I prescribe one, three times a day or as excess blood pressure dictates.



Oh, and perhaps research the implied meaning of smileys in a post.

[mwstewart]

Sounds like he needs to undertake a cull of his 'friends' list.

[peteO]

does this not seem a little harsh to anyone else?.. im not saying if you do the crime you shouldnt do the time but when youve got peado's who get a slap on the wrist getting banged up for what, as it stands was a victimless crime, seems a little excessive...


(And before everyone jumps on their high horse i said AS IT STANDS. Im aware speed kills etc etc... But in this specific case it was just speeding)

[nickrout]

Belly laughed at the TLJ meme, this guy was dumb enough to get caught speed i assume at least twice? It was kind of an inevitability Mr. Anderson

[kambites]

peteO said:

does this not seem a little harsh to anyone else?.. im not saying if you do the crime you shouldnt do the time but when youve got peado's who get a slap on the wrist getting banged up for what, as it stands was a victimless crime, seems a little excessive...

(And before everyone jumps on their high horse i said AS IT STANDS. Im aware speed kills etc etc... But in this specific case it was just speeding)

No, because the penalty given was nothing to do with the original offence. It was purely for perverting the course of justice.

ETA: For speeding, he got a small fine and three points on his licence. To be honest, I have little sympathy for people who know that one more set of points will give them a ban but [i]still[i/] break the speed limit.

Edited by kambites on Tuesday 8th January 11:37

[GC8]

Mermaid said:

Silly man.

But 3 points is rather a blunt tool - a graduated system makes more sense to me. I think Labour had suggested 2 points for the SP30's.

Along with more for other infractions! It was the sugar coating on in increase in the harshness of the blunt tool.

[peteO]

kambites said:

No, because the penalty given was nothing to do with the original offence. It was purely for perverting the course of justice.

oh yeah... juust re-read it.... just ignore me then!..

[anonymous-user]

CAPP0 said:

Repost Fool?

First I've read of it.