21. Jan. 2010. – 12:01:21
It`s not very often that a charge of
Perjury follows from proceedings at a Magistrates` court. But for a Mr Plews of
Middlesbrough the game was up yesterday at Teesside Crown Court where he pleaded
guilty to having made a false statement trying to avoid a driving ban because
of “exceptional hardship” at Teesside Magistrates’ Court last year. He had been
charged with using a mobile phone while driving and using a vehicle without
insurance. He had originally presented in his evidence a letter supposedly
written by Mr Belal Aslam Khan. He told the Judge at Crown Court that he wrote
the letter on headed notepaper provided by Mr Khan. He was remanded in custody for reports
prior to being sentenced.
It is unfortunately the case that many
offenders believe that they can lie at a Magistrates` Court especially in cases
concerned with driving whether eg excess alcohol, insurance or identity of
driver. There should be no sympathy for Mr Plews who is likely to be imprisoned
for his efforts to cheat the law. When the law can be sidestepped by lying or
bribery or threats we are but one step from the original legal system; The Law
of the Jungle.
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