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| Isleworth Crown Court |
A cleaning company
boss, who gave the identity of an old school pal to police when
pulled over driving his Mercedes without a full driving licence and
insurance, received a suspended prison sentence yesterday.
Part-time football
coach Shawn Brown, 33, was exposed when his old friend responded to a
court summons and the police officer realised he was not the same
driver he stopped.
He pleaded guilty to
perverting the course of justice between February 22, last year and
February 3 by giving a false name and address to police; driving
without insurance in Kensington Church Street on February 2 and
driving without a licence.
Prosecutor Mr. James
O'Connell told Isleworth Crown Court: “The defendant is stopped
three times by the police and gave the name Leon Bennett.
“At the magistrates
court the police officer spoke to the person and recognised he was
not the driver.”
Brown had also given
false details when caught speeding and stopped with a flat tyre.
The Recorder of
Kensington & Chelsea Judge Martin Edmunds QC announced: “He
gives the impression of somebody not fully appreciative of his
position.
“On three occasions
you gave the name of an old school friend when stopped driving your
car when you were not insured or licenced to drive,” the judge told
the dad-of-one.
“That instance of
criminal stupidity was repeated four months later. You are a coach
and mentor to young people and what they'd make of your criminality I
dread to think.”
He sentenced Brown to
eight months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, and ordered
him to complete 250 hours community service.
The £50,000 a-year
businessman, who has a property portfolio, must also pay a £5,500
fine and had eight penalty points added to his driving licence.
As an additional
punishment Brown must also obey an electronically-tagged night time
curfew for a month between 8pm and 5am.
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