A MAN who was caught speeding on the M5 tried to claim it wasn’t him.
When Richie Wintle, 28, of High Green in Severn Stoke, found out he would be prosecuted for speeding on the motorway, he initially claimed that the vehicle wasn’t his and supplied fake images as proof.
After police discovered the images were fabricated and that the vehicle did belong to him, Wintle then said someone else had been driving.
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He has now been convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice, following a hearing at Worcester Crown Court.
Wintle has been sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and 150 hours of unpaid work.
He has also been ordered to pay £150 in costs and a £187 victim surcharge.