Detective Constable jailed for PtCoJ over speeding ticket
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It seems nobody is immune from the temptation to lie to avoid a speeding fine.
He went to some lengths with an elaborate deception that unravelled when CCTV from his place of work revealed that he had swapped the plates on his vehicle in order to support his claims.
However, it seems he went even further and tried to excuse his changed plates, claiming the originals were broken.
Surely he should have known when to stop?
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cheat...
He went to some lengths with an elaborate deception that unravelled when CCTV from his place of work revealed that he had swapped the plates on his vehicle in order to support his claims.
However, it seems he went even further and tried to excuse his changed plates, claiming the originals were broken.
Surely he should have known when to stop?
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cheat...
Wales Online said:
A cheating police officer has been jailed for three months for trying to dodge a £60 speeding ticket by swapping his car number plates.
South Wales Police Sergeant Anthony Rees-Thompson, 40, now faces being sacked and losing more than £100,000 in pension rights – all over the £60 lie.
A court heard the undercover detective fitted the new registration plates to avoid a fine and three points on his license.
Rees-Thompson then wrote to the speed camera unit saying there had been a technical error or another similar car was using the same registration number.
The father-of-four sent in photographs of his silver Vauxhall Corsa with new plates, bought for £21 online.
Speed camera officials compared the photographs and noticed the plates had the same digits but the new ones had been customised with a blue GB sign and the Welsh flag.
But the court heard Rees-Thompson forgot that his car was being filmed every day as he drove it into police headquarters in Bridgend – and his force’s own HQ CCTV was used to catch him.
Prosecutor Meirion Davies said: “He chose to cheat the legal process with a deliberate deception.
“He fitted different plates and took photographs to deliberately mislead those who were investigating the speeding offence.”
Rees-Thompson, of Abercrave, in the Swansea Valley, had denied perverting the course of justice claiming he changed the plates because they were damaged.
Shame about his pension.South Wales Police Sergeant Anthony Rees-Thompson, 40, now faces being sacked and losing more than £100,000 in pension rights – all over the £60 lie.
A court heard the undercover detective fitted the new registration plates to avoid a fine and three points on his license.
Rees-Thompson then wrote to the speed camera unit saying there had been a technical error or another similar car was using the same registration number.
The father-of-four sent in photographs of his silver Vauxhall Corsa with new plates, bought for £21 online.
Speed camera officials compared the photographs and noticed the plates had the same digits but the new ones had been customised with a blue GB sign and the Welsh flag.
But the court heard Rees-Thompson forgot that his car was being filmed every day as he drove it into police headquarters in Bridgend – and his force’s own HQ CCTV was used to catch him.
Prosecutor Meirion Davies said: “He chose to cheat the legal process with a deliberate deception.
“He fitted different plates and took photographs to deliberately mislead those who were investigating the speeding offence.”
Rees-Thompson, of Abercrave, in the Swansea Valley, had denied perverting the course of justice claiming he changed the plates because they were damaged.
carinaman said:
There are some thick police officers out there.
The sentence isn't enough.
I have followed this case for a while - I wondered about the £60 fine reported in the media - how long has speeding been £100?The sentence isn't enough.
His sentence is similar to the time Huhne served, so how does his deception compare to that?
However, you could argue that he was in a position of trust, and his actions tarnish the reputation of the police as a whole by association?
carinaman said:
Thread title states 'Detective Constable jailed for PtCoJ over speeding ticket'. The article then states that he was a Detective Sergeant.
So that's a Defective Constable and a defective thread title then? I'll just reach for my PNB and lick the tip of my pencil.
...and further into the article it states:So that's a Defective Constable and a defective thread title then? I'll just reach for my PNB and lick the tip of my pencil.
Wales Online said:
Speaking after the case, Tim Jones, Head of Professional Standards at South Wales Police, said: “We note the sentencing of Detective Constable Anthony Rees-Thompson and the decision of the court today.
Several other sources quote his DC credentials, and I'm also concerned at the £60 fine quoted! 
Mind you don't get lead poisoning from licking your pencil... not from the "lead" but the Chinese paint it is coloured with!
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