Speed ticket fraudster jailed

[Mill Wheel]

http://www.itv.com/news/central/2016-03-15/speedin...

ITN said:

Speeding ticket fraudster Ramesh Jhalli who made fines and points ’disappear’ jailed for 18 months

Interestingly Jhalli was caught out because he used the same addresses over and over again, and police noticed handwriting similarities in the various tickets.

They even used a forensic document examiner to compare tickets to benefit applications completed by Jhalli.
Would this examiner work for the police, or could they be employed by anybody?

ITN News said:

A forensic document examiner found strong links between handwriting on the NIPs and Birmingham City Council benefits applications completed by unemployed Jhalli.

I only ask because an acquaintance felt forced to plead guilty to a speeding charge, after the CPS submitted evidence, which the defence felt was questionable at best... but did not have the means to rebut.

A calibration certificate dated 3rd April, but unsigned, was later signed and dated 30th July, weeks after the alleged offence - by the Redspeed engineer - who later signed a CPS witness statement, saying that he HAD calibrated the device - on the 14th March, but had "forgotten" to sign the certificate.

The defendant had three copies of his signature - one on the certificate later signed (by engineer Dave Aspinwall) in July, and two others submitted on the witness statement.
I would love to have a forensic document examiner take a look at the documents to give an opinion!

Incidentally, the accused was in the middle of three vehicles driving in a family convoy - and she was flashed and issued with a summons while the vehicles in front and behind travelling at the same speed were not.



Are these all signatures by the same person? The one who dated a certificate after an offence - but decided to date it when he did so?

It is a shame that the CPS are not so cautious as to have their own evidence examined as they were Jhalli's documents.

[R8Steve]

I wonder what will happen, if anything, to the people the NIP's were originally destined for?

Surely they should also be charged with attempted PTCoJ?

[marshalla]

There are independent document examiners who will do work for both prosecution and defence.

[mgtony]

R8Steve said:

I wonder what will happen, if anything, to the people the NIP's were originally destined for?

Surely they should also be charged with attempted PTCoJ?

The report in the video above states some have also been convicted and disqualified from driving and the police are pursuing other drivers.

[Mill Wheel]

marshalla said:

There are independent document examiners who will do work for both prosecution and defence.

But their fees are beyond the reach of some defendants.
It is clear from the signatures that something is amiss - the engineers signature is on all the speed cameras he calibrated, so why the sudden departure when he is challenged - over the accuracy of his employers equipment, given the circumstances.

The CPS also wrote to the defendant, saying that they intended to bring up their previous conviction for disorder in their younger days as an anti nuclear protester. When challenged over this, they said the letter "was a mistake"... like the threat they made of huge court costs to bring the engineer to the court to testify - simple intimidation over a dodgy case, knowing the defendant only had limited financial means??