Accused of speeding while locked up...

[JS2808]

Sorted, thanks to those who helped

Edited by JS2808 on Saturday 22 September 09:31

[TooMany2cvs]

Was he in prison at the time the car was photographed...?

[DoubleD]

Hes in prison but its nothing serious? Is he one of the guards then?

[anonymous-user]

In prison
Nothing serious

You don't get locked up for nicking a cake in Sainsbury's

[SS2.]

JS2808 said:

Anything the family can do? Weird situation.

Get the s.172 notice to him. He completes it saying he doesn't own the vehicle, he doesn't know the vehicle and (if it was the case) that he couldn't have been driving the vehicle because at the time of the alleged offence he was being entertained at HM's pleasure.

If it was someone who nominated him, the matter should revert back to that person.

Edited by SS2. on Saturday 22 September 08:38

[TooMany2cvs]

SS2. said:

...and that he can't have been driving the vehicle because, at the time of the alleged offence, he was being entertained at HM's pleasure.

Re-read the OP. It's not stated that he was inside at the time of the offence, just that he is now. The belief is that somebody's nominated him since they don't think he can respond due to his recent change in accommodation.

I'm not seeing anything that says it definitely wasn't him, just that his family think it probably wasn't.

[SS2.]

TooMany2cvs said:

It's not stated that he was inside at the time of the offence, just that he is now. The belief is that somebody's nominated him since they don't think he can respond due to his recent change in accommodation.

Wasn't that clear (certainly not from the thread title) whether he was or wasn't - hence the addition of 'if it was the case'.

Irrespective where he was staying at the time, as a person other than keeper, the s.172 notice places an obligation upon him to provide any information which is in his power to give and which may lead to identification of the driver.

In short, he needs to tell them whatever he does know about the vehicle & the incident, even if that amounts to 4/5 of nothing.

[JS2808]

DoubleD said:

Hes in prison but its nothing serious? Is he one of the guards then?

Not quite, and no it's nothing serious. It's actually quite laughable what he's in for but I'm not going into that in here.

[berlintaxi]

JS2808 said:

It's actually quite laughable what he's in for but I'm not going into that in here.

Perjury relating to an NIP?

[The Mad Monk]

JS2808 said:

A friends son is in prison (nothing serious) and he has received a speeding ticket for a car he doesn't own and apparently doesn't know. The offence happened around 5 hours away from where he lives as well. The family are adamant it couldn't have been him driving and believe a 'friend' has said it was him driving as he is locked up and can't fight it.

Anything the family can do? Weird situation.

Why doesn't one of this assortment of "friends" post the question on this forum themselves?

The we could straightaway stop all the "he said - she said" stuff and get it from the horses mouth.