If you read the mirror, you might have overlooked this story, while you read of Hamster's brush with death!
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Ticket for deaf and blind man
A deaf and blind man who doesn't drive has received a £60 speeding ticket.
Police say a speed camera clocked Martyn Styles doing 36mph in a 30mph zone in Hull.
Martyn said: "They say they've got evidence against me. Well, let's see the picture of me with my white stick and my guide dog driving that car."
Martyn's lives with his wife Dawn and son Chris who are also both deaf.
Dawn sometimes drives their Renault Scenic Privilege, which is registered in Martyn's name, short distances from home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
But on the day of the offence, the couple were 180 miles away having lunch at Chris's school.
Dawn said: "We can't believe it. My husband can't drive. Only I drive. It was the same kind of car as ours and the same registration number but it wasn't our car. It couldn't have been.
"There's no way we were in Hull - we don't even know where Humberside is."
The couple fear their number plate has been cloned. The police are now investigating further after the couple complained.
According to the radio version, Police refused to accept their story, and insisted they had photographic evidence... but that sounds like Scamera Partnership behaviour to me!
That said, I was a victim of exactly the same mistake - while I was in France on Holiday, and it took Cumbria Constabulary a while to accept my version of events - I suppose because they have heard it all before from folks who WERE guilty.
However, it would'nt happen so often if they STOPPED the offending car, and the stop would probably be more effective in detering the driver anyway!
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