4 Months JAIL for PCJ with a NIP
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Businessman jailed over lies to protect speeding daughter
A BUSINESSMAN who lied to police to stop his daughter getting three points on her driving licence has been jailed for four months.
David Simmonite's daughter was caught by a speed camera as she drove an Audi A3 belonging to him at 87mph on the A1 at Grantham in Lincolnshire.
But when sent a form requesting the identity of the driver, 60-year-old Simmonite filled in the name of a French man from whom he had previously bought property.
Police traced the man to France and discovered he had been at home, receiving treatment for a kidney complaint, at the time of the offence.
Lincoln Crown Court heard how officers then went to see Simmonite, of Malt Kiln Hall, Malt Kiln Lane, Thornton, Bradford, who admitted he had lied so his daughter's licence would not be endorsed.
Simmonite admitted perverting the course of justice as a result of the incident in March.
Judge Peter Clark told him: "This was a calculated deception. People cannot pervert the course of justice in this way and expect to get away with it."
Mitigating, solicitor Godfrey Napthine said Simmonite had previously led a blameless life. "He is in the very unfortunate position of only having realised the gravity of what he involved himself in once it unfolded. He simply thought he was saving his daughter from penalty points on her licence. He feels very keenly the shame of what he has done."
Mr Napthine said Simmonite had suffered from a heart problem since his arrest, a condition he believed had been brought on by the incident.
"He has an appointment with a cardiologist later this month to have what is potentially a serious condition investigated," Mr Napthine told the court.
>>> Edited by catso on Wednesday 5th January 14:55
Businessman jailed over lies to protect speeding daughter
A BUSINESSMAN who lied to police to stop his daughter getting three points on her driving licence has been jailed for four months.
David Simmonite's daughter was caught by a speed camera as she drove an Audi A3 belonging to him at 87mph on the A1 at Grantham in Lincolnshire.
But when sent a form requesting the identity of the driver, 60-year-old Simmonite filled in the name of a French man from whom he had previously bought property.
Police traced the man to France and discovered he had been at home, receiving treatment for a kidney complaint, at the time of the offence.
Lincoln Crown Court heard how officers then went to see Simmonite, of Malt Kiln Hall, Malt Kiln Lane, Thornton, Bradford, who admitted he had lied so his daughter's licence would not be endorsed.
Simmonite admitted perverting the course of justice as a result of the incident in March.
Judge Peter Clark told him: "This was a calculated deception. People cannot pervert the course of justice in this way and expect to get away with it."
Mitigating, solicitor Godfrey Napthine said Simmonite had previously led a blameless life. "He is in the very unfortunate position of only having realised the gravity of what he involved himself in once it unfolded. He simply thought he was saving his daughter from penalty points on her licence. He feels very keenly the shame of what he has done."
Mr Napthine said Simmonite had suffered from a heart problem since his arrest, a condition he believed had been brought on by the incident.
"He has an appointment with a cardiologist later this month to have what is potentially a serious condition investigated," Mr Napthine told the court.
>>> Edited by catso on Wednesday 5th January 14:55
he was undoubtedly a prat - if you are going to blag then at least ensure you are not going to get caught. so he should have got some grief, but Jail is ridiculous they should have made him wash all the cars at the nick dressed as a pig or something, Jails are over stuffed as it is without locking up this kind of person when scrotes who nick cars and smack old people to buy crack get bailed.
more of the law applying only to the middle classes I think.
more of the law applying only to the middle classes I think.
He was an idiot for taking such a daft risk as there was a good chance that he would have been caught (he should have tried to find a willing student 
). However, the punishment does not fit the crime:
1st offence ever, lied on a NIP, got 4 months jailtime
f
k me!
Yet scrotes frequently steal and trash/crash cars and attack people, but receive nothing more than a slap on the wrist
It's probable that he also considered this, thus likely causing the onset of his heart condition (heart attack?)
). However, the punishment does not fit the crime: 1st offence ever, lied on a NIP, got 4 months jailtime
fk me! Yet scrotes frequently steal and trash/crash cars and attack people, but receive nothing more than a slap on the wrist
It's probable that he also considered this, thus likely causing the onset of his heart condition (heart attack?)supraman2954 said:
He was an idiot for taking such a daft risk as there was a good chance that he would have been caught (he should have tried to find a willing student
1st offence ever, lied on a NIP, got 4 months jailtime
Yet scrotes frequently steal and trash/crash cars and attack people, but receive nothing more than a slap on the wrist
Have to agree the whole punishment seems lost on me, what the hell is going in in our Courts.
Phil
Dwight VanDriver said:
If you play with fire expect to get burnt.....
DVD
Quite. Clearly expect to get hung out to dry on this issue. This case demonstrates how the government and it's henchmen take this sort of thing more seriously than "first time" mugging of pensioners etc....
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>> Edited by dazren on Wednesday 5th January 17:19
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