A British Asian woman who tried to escape a speeding fine by paying a bribe was jailed for three months today for lying to the police.
Ayesha Ahmed, a 27-year-old politics graduate, was caught speeding in her BMW twice within five minutes by a mobile camera van parked near her home in Dudley, West Midlands, in July, 2014.
She wanted to avoid getting penalty points on her licence by paying 450 pounds to a man who claimed he could fix things so she could escape the fine and penalty points.
West Midlands Police uncovered the scam and charged Ahmed with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Ahmed stood trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court after she refused to admit her guilt.
A jury unanimously found her guilty and she was jailed as well as banned from driving for 58 weeks.
Steve Jevons, of the West Midlands Camera Enforcement Unit, said "Ahmed has paid a heavy price for thinking she could lie her way out of speeding offences. The jury concluded she was deliberately trying to avoid justice and not, as she claimed, victim of a scam by a bogus lawyer.
"She never met this 'legal expert', didn't have an address or phone number for him, and paid the money via a third party.
"Ahmed was given every opportunity to admit her guilt - an admission that would have spared her a jail term - and even the judge asked if she wanted to proceed to trial in the face of damning evidence.
"She has no previous convictions but a potentially promising career is now in ruins and all because she wanted to retain a clean licence," he said.
