A scheming driver who was caught speeding on three separate occasions later shamelessly gave the names of completely innocent people in a determined bid to wriggle his way out of trouble.

The three people were put under suspicion and had the worry of trying to prove that they were not involved. But the true villain was later exposed when police went to his home to investigate and found him sitting in the very car that was involved in his cover-up stories, Hull Crown Court heard.

Shah Tarakhail, 29, admitted three offences of perverting the course of justice in November and December 2021 and January 2022. In one of the cases, he had been caught speeding at 63mph in a 40mph zone.

John Bell, prosecuting, said that Tarakhail was sent three notices of intended prosecutions for three separate speeding offences in East Yorkshire involving a VW Golf. The central ticket office received completed response forms identifying somebody who was supposedly the driver on the three days of the speeding offences. A named driver's address was given.

"Three different people were identified," said Mr Bell. The three people named all responded by saying that the offences were nothing to do with them. Officers rang this defendant to try to establish what was going on and who was driving the vehicle on the three occasions."

Tarakhail denied all knowledge of the offences. However, on May 3, 2022, a police officer went to his home and found him sitting in the car which had been spotted.

"The defendant maintained that the driver of the vehicle wasn't him," said Mr Bell. "All three people named by the defendant maintained that they were not involved in the offences or had any knowledge of the defendant or the address that he put on the form."

During police interview, Tarakhail denied the offences and declined to answer questions. He accepted that he put the three people's names on the forms.. He had put them under suspicion of the offences, said Mr Bell.

Imran Khan, mitigating, said that Tarakhail claimed that he was unable to remember the entire events. He claimed that he went to another man, who provided him with letters and told him that this would be "the way forward" over the speeding matters.

"He made a mistake," said Mr Khan. "He doesn't deny that he was responsible.. He admitted wrongdoing. The offending was two years ago. He has found himself a job in a garage. He is going to be getting married soon. He has put this behind him."

Tarakhail, who had a Pashto interpreter to help him in court, had no previous convictions. Judge John Thackray KC said that, at the minimum, Tarakhail had escaped having nine penalty points put on his driving licence. He would have been likely to have got six points for the first offence.

"The motivation behind the offence was to preserve the driving licence," said Judge Thackray. "There needs to be a deterrent that you don't escape sanction for bad driving. This involved you attempting to avoid speeding tickets. Offences like this undermine the criminal justice system."

Tarakhail, of Thursby Street, Bradford, was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence, 20 days' rehabilitation and a six-month 9pm to 6am electronically monitored curfew. He was banned from driving for 28 days.

"Your intention was to avoid points on your licence," said Judge Thackray. "I can't be certain that you would not have been disqualified had you accepted responsibility for these offences. There must be a deterrent to you and others."

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