An Italian who tried to hoodwink London police with a fake driving licence he bought for £100 in a back street shop has been jailed for four months.
Jobless driver Massimillano Mantovani, 44, was stopped by cops because his Lexus had no vehicle insurance near Elephant and Castle - where he bought the badly forged Italian licence.
He pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court (pictured) to possessing a false identity document on March 17, with intent to deceive.
The court heard officers immediately identified the licence - valid until 2019 - as a "poor quality" fake which Mantovani confessed to buying in a shop.
The first-time offender has never passed a driving test in his home country.
"You wanted to persuade people you could lawfully drive in this country when you couldn't," Judge Roger Chapple told Mantovani.
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