Failure to disclose driver vs very excessive speeding NIP?

[Retroman]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...

Similar speed - it says...
[i]Mr Ray was summonsed to court for failing to identify himself as the driver of the vehicle, and appeared before magistrates in Sevenoaks, Kent on March 10.
He was disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay a £600 fine, £85 costs and a £65 victim surcharge [/i]

Which kind of suggest he fessed up eventually?

Then in the next paragraph...
Another reading of 146mph, the second fastest recorded during the period, was captured at the same location but police were unable to confirm the identity of the driver.

So I wonder if that was a failure to read the number plate, or the driver not saying who the driver was?

Sometimes the police are able to identify who the driver from video / photo evidence even if the driver fails to nominate a driver so the get hit with failing to nominate and the original offence.

[RWD cossie wil]

agtlaw said:

RWD cossie wil said:

So, bit of thread closure due...

Offender coughed, 108mph in a 50....

56 day ban, £200 fine plus usual add ons & a fairly hefty legal bill to offset the low fine... all in all not a bad result for the offender?

Could have been slightly worse. I would have said to expect 1-3 months but most likely 2-3 months. Looks like he declared a fairly low income for his fine.

How much was his "hefty legal bill?"

£1500 ish

[agtlaw]

If the case was prepared on a guilty plea basis then your friend had his pants pulled down with that fee. Unless it were prepared for trial then that's a lot of cash for very little work.

[RWD cossie wil]

agtlaw said:

If the case was prepared on a guilty plea basis then your friend had his pants pulled down with that fee. Unless it were prepared for trial then that's a lot of cash for very little work.

Barrister attended court, but in general the only winners in the British legal system seem to be the lawyers!