DVLA criticised by Judge over fake licence
The DVLA have been coming under a lot of pressure recently due to fake driving licences. But one case has found that a fake driving licence sent to the DVLA twice to be endorsed was in fact a fake and staff at the DVLA failed to notice this.
Christopher Channell a 53 year old father of three, had been driving for over twenty years on a provisional driving licence issued through the DVLA as normal, but while working for Southampton City Council as a courier he was stopped by police for not wearing a seat belt.
The police contacted the DVLA and discovered that he was not authorised to drive as he had not passed the driving test, but after receiving a summons, Channell’s solicitor sent a copy of a full driving licence and the case was dropped.
However it was also found that the very same fake driving licence had been sent to the DVLA on two occasions to be endorsed for speeding offences, the DVLA failed to realise that this licence was a fake and endorsed it.
Judge Bootham said: "I hope the DVLA are looking into this. It's a bizarre situation."
"I have come to the conclusion it would not be in the public interest to send you to prison. You are not a danger to the public and apart from these matters you are a respectable man with no previous convictions. You have led an honest and decent life,"
Source [This Is Hampshire]
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