Smile for the Camera II
Stewart and Cathryn Bromley of Manchester, England, got two photo-radar speeding tickets in quick order. Each had a fine of 60 pounds (US$105), but they didn’t want to pay that. Instead, police say, they concocted a story to say that “Konstantin Koscov”, a colleague from Bulgaria, had borrowed their car and had done the speeding. To help “prove” that, they say, Cathryn, 42, flew to Bulgaria to mail back a postcard from Koscov. Suspicious police ran a check through Interpol and confirmed there was no such person in Bulgaria, and the elaborate con fell apart. The couple pleaded guilty to two charges of “perverting the course of justice” and were fined 9,200 pounds plus 1,900 pounds in court costs (US$19,400 total). They got off lucky. “Had they not pleaded guilty,” noted Manchester Crown Court Judge Bernard Lever, “I would almost certainly have sent them to prison.” (London Times) ...In Bulgaria.
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