Sheffield man pretended to be his brother when he was pulled over by the police
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Ibishan Ahmed was pulled over in North Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, for driving without insurance on May 30 this year, Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court was told on Wednesday, October 28.
But when the 23-year-old, who had been using his brother’s car to deliver food, got home and told his sister, she ordered him to go to the police and confess.
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Hide AdProsecuting, Becky Allsop told the court: “The car was pulled over and he provided the name of his brother and when they entered the details it was all in order. However, it was noticed that there was a takeaway box in the back and he said that he was delivering food.
“On June 10 he attended a voluntary interview and said that he had given his brother’s details because he already had six points on his licence and was worried that he would be arrested.”
Ahmed, of Dyche Road, Jordanthorpe, Sheffield, had admitted driving without insurance and obstructing a police officer at a hearing earlier this month, but had returned to court to argue that a driving ban would lead to him and his family suffering exceptional hardship.
He told the court that he had previously worked in the care sector but had lost his job and worked delivering takeaways as a stop-gap. He had subsequently been offered a job with Amazon, working the night shift, at a site in Derbyshire and needed his licence to be able to support his family.
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Hide AdHe added that his mother has severe asthma and he is also regularly needed to take her to hospital and pick her up when she has attacks.
Judge Andrew Davison fined him £400 and ordered him to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £40 victim surcharge.
He also gave him a further eight points on his licence – totalling 14 – but said he would not ban him from driving because he had demonstrated it would cause ‘exceptional hardship’.