Hi,
My partner was pulled over today by a Police car and was issued a fixed penalty ticket (3 points and £60 fine) for going through a red light.
The car she was driving is registered to myself but she has an insurance policy under her own name on the vehicle.
So the Police officer that issued the ticket has got her name incorrect on the actual ticket as the Officer has put her surname down as mine opposed to her surname!!!!! Therefore, technically there is no such person on the DVLA records to surrender a licence or issue a fixed penalty to as the Officer made a big mistake by issuing the name incorrectly (in fact a ghost name) and my partner even signed the ticket under her signature for her true name. The officer carried full checks on the vehicle and even breathalysed and was very awkward.
Now my question is under some technicality can my partner get away with the offence due to the negligence of the Officer? I have told my partner not to go and surrender her licence and let the Police do all the chasing as they will be looking for a "ghost” person that they cannot prosecute due to their error on the fixed penalty notice which they should have checked the signature of.
What are your views/opinions on this matter? Can my partner technically and legally get away with the offence without being charged/prosecuted?
My partner was pulled over today by a Police car and was issued a fixed penalty ticket (3 points and £60 fine) for going through a red light.
The car she was driving is registered to myself but she has an insurance policy under her own name on the vehicle.
So the Police officer that issued the ticket has got her name incorrect on the actual ticket as the Officer has put her surname down as mine opposed to her surname!!!!! Therefore, technically there is no such person on the DVLA records to surrender a licence or issue a fixed penalty to as the Officer made a big mistake by issuing the name incorrectly (in fact a ghost name) and my partner even signed the ticket under her signature for her true name. The officer carried full checks on the vehicle and even breathalysed and was very awkward.
Now my question is under some technicality can my partner get away with the offence due to the negligence of the Officer? I have told my partner not to go and surrender her licence and let the Police do all the chasing as they will be looking for a "ghost” person that they cannot prosecute due to their error on the fixed penalty notice which they should have checked the signature of.
What are your views/opinions on this matter? Can my partner technically and legally get away with the offence without being charged/prosecuted?