Woman Lied To Police To Get Dangerous Driver Boyfriend Off Hook

Harrow Crown Court

A woman who's boyfriend abandoned her rented car after driving it like a madman in front of police later reported the vehicle as stolen in a failed bid to get him out of trouble.

Reena Popat, 40, of Waverley Road, Harrow tried to blame a mystery joyrider, but her lies were exposed and she was arrested.

She pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court to perverting the course of justice on September 10, last year in Oman Avenue, Willesden. namely falsely reporting to police her white Vauxhall Astra had been stolen when she knew it was driven by her partner Andrew Lewis.

Today she received eight months imprisonment, suspended for eighteen months, was placed on a twelve month supervision order, which includes eighty hours community service work, and ordered to pay a £100 victim surcharge.

The court heard police officers witnessed the vehicle being driven dangerously and soon after found it abandoned.

Popat was “pressured” into making the false report and claims she was worried about what her boyfriend may do if she did not co-operate.