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Heels angel!
12:10pm Saturday 15th March 2008
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Scooter rider Alexander Bell twice hooked his feet around his rear number plate to avoid being caught on camera as he sped through the streets of Southampton.
But the 21-year-old did not realise he was being followed by an unmarked police car.
Today he is cooling his heels behind bars after he admitted trying to pervert the course of justice.
A judge heard how in October a speed camera snapped Bell carrying out the deception as he drove his 125cc Gilera Runner along Bitterne Road West.
A month later, he tried the same trick on the A27, unaware that a police car was following him after he had been clocked doing 53mph in a 30mph zone.
On arrest he told police: "I had to put my feet up - I was doing 35 mph and I would have got done for speeding."
Southampton Crown Court heard how Bell, of Mayflower Road, Shirley, already had nine points on his licence from previous speeding and insurance offences.
In mitigation, the court was told how the transport clerk had been left a nervous wreck by the prospect of spending time in jail.
Bell, who had pleaded guilty to charges of speeding and seeking to pervert the course of justice, told the court: "I have got too much to lose now. I have been caught speeding and now that this has happened I don't want to be in trouble ever again."
Judge John Boggis told him: "I would be failing in my duty if I did not mark out your behaviour - on two separate occasions - as being extremely serious. This was a clear attempt to avoid the consequences of speeding. You knew full well what you were doing.
"An example must be made so others don't get the bright idea of covering their number plates in this way."
Bell was sentenced to a month in prison and was handed six points on his licence and disqualified for six months.
Bell's defence lawyer Jonathan Simpson said his client was appealing against the sentence.
After the case Julian Hewitt of the Hampshire Safer Roads Partnership, which operates the county's speed cameras, said that such attempts to break the law would not be tolerated.
"The partnership is keen to let bikers know that we will take measures to identify and prosecute riders who flout the law," he said.
"This case demonstrates the effectiveness of joined up working by partnership and local police officers."
Your Say YourThis is Hampshire
Get it right, Hythe says...
12:30pm Sat 15 Mar 08
paul b wrote:...should have been...
Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!
..I'm...
Ken, Southampton says...
12:41pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Duh, Southampton says...
12:43pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Get it right wrote:Actually Paul b is right!
paul b wrote: Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!...should have been... ..I'm...
"i'm" was mid-sentence so therefore requires no use of capital letters.
Vanessa Feltz, Planet Lard says...
1:37pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Henrys mate, says...
2:16pm Sat 15 Mar 08
On a serious note , 1 month in prison , wow . How many times to you see serious assaults go with a slap on a wrist ...community service or some bullshit 12 month good behaviour order and never prison . Yes hes fat , yes hes a cheat but prison......??????
paul b, says...
2:50pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Henrys mate wrote:Read the story you berk, its a 125cc Engine
Not that i think the echo or the police would ever lie (yeah right)but surely they got there fax wrong in this one. 53 !!!! MPH with this Fat barstard riding on it , i dont think so , what has it got a jumbo jet engine or something !!!
On a serious note , 1 month in prison , wow . How many times to you see serious assaults go with a slap on a wrist ...community service or some bullshit 12 month good behaviour order and never prison . Yes hes fat , yes hes a cheat but prison......??????
Karen, Southampton says...
2:54pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Duh wrote:I is alway's in capitals no matter where in there sentance it is
Get it right wrote:Actually Paul b is right! \"i\'m\" was mid-sentence so therefore requires no use of capital letters.paul b wrote: Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!...should have been... ..I\'m...
Wills, Limpville says...
3:00pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Duh, Southampton says...
3:17pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Karen wrote:So shouldn't your post have gone like this.....
Duh wrote:I is alway's in capitals no matter where in there sentance it isGet it right wrote:Actually Paul b is right! \"i\'m\" was mid-sentence so therefore requires no use of capital letters.paul b wrote: Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!...should have been... ..I\'m...
I Is always In capitals no matter where In the sentence It Is?
Not that I care, just thought i'd pick up on those so quick to criticise......
Bobby Brown, southampton says...
4:39pm Sat 15 Mar 08
M Biker, m3 race track says...
4:55pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Hope this will be a lesson to the 4X4s that have mud coating their licence plates - perhaps plod will pull them now as well and stick em in jail.
Or is it just bikes?
Ian, Southampton says...
5:16pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Bobby Brown wrote:Yep totaly agree it's always idiots like this that get publicity and give bikers a bad name.
So glad he god a prison term. Fools like this give all of us hwo ride a motorbike or a scooter a bad name. Lock him up and dont ever let him sit CBT ever again!
mangobean, Eastleigh says...
6:04pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Duh wrote:Hee hee. This is getting silly now.
Karen wrote:So shouldn't your post have gone like this..... I Is always In capitals no matter where In the sentence It Is? Not that I care, just thought i'd pick up on those so quick to criticise......Duh wrote:I is alway's in capitals no matter where in there sentance it isGet it right wrote:Actually Paul b is right! \"i\'m\" was mid-sentence so therefore requires no use of capital letters.paul b wrote: Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!...should have been... ..I\'m...
Duh missed the I in capital.
It only needs to be capital I when used in reference to one's self or at the start of a sentence.
It is wrong to say I can use i when referring to myself in the middle of asentence.
lol. Lesson over.
mangobean, Eastleigh says...
6:39pm Sat 15 Mar 08
never done noting wrong in his life!!
If that's correct, why did he already have 9 points on his license?
If you can't handle the consequences for breaking the law ...don't do it!
jonnie, Southampton says...
7:04pm Sat 15 Mar 08
mangobean wrote:I'd have to agree with Alex's mate.
never done noting wrong in his life!!If that's correct, why did he already have 9 points on his license? If you can't handle the consequences for breaking the law ...don't do it!
Whilst perverting the course of justice is always going to be dealt with in a robust manner, it seems desperately hard to send the guy to prison. Yes, he broke the law - twice - in a way that oughtn't to be repeated. But should we really be clogging up jails with idiots rather than criminals?
lucy, southampton says...
7:25pm Sat 15 Mar 08
paul, soton says...
7:44pm Sat 15 Mar 08
sailor sam, portsmouth says...
7:44pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Denzil wrote:I thought that you had moved out of Romsey to turn another area into a slum!
What a knob. Hope he drops the soap inside...
Why the delay? Saying a fond farewell to the rats?
Prickionary, says...
7:46pm Sat 15 Mar 08
mangobean wrote:Not quite. What does "asentence" mean?
Duh wrote:Hee hee. This is getting silly now. Duh missed the I in capital. It only needs to be capital I when used in reference to one's self or at the start of a sentence. It is wrong to say I can use i when referring to myself in the middle of asentence. lol. Lesson over.Karen wrote:So shouldn't your post have gone like this..... I Is always In capitals no matter where In the sentence It Is? Not that I care, just thought i'd pick up on those so quick to criticise......Duh wrote:I is alway's in capitals no matter where in there sentance it isGet it right wrote:Actually Paul b is right! \"i\'m\" was mid-sentence so therefore requires no use of capital letters.paul b wrote: Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!...should have been... ..I\'m...
Mike, hythe says...
8:59pm Sat 15 Mar 08
alex's Mate, Southampton says...
9:42pm Sat 15 Mar 08
alex's Mate, Southampton says...
9:47pm Sat 15 Mar 08
mike, New forest says...
10:08pm Sat 15 Mar 08
paul wrote:Who cares?!! He will only serve two weeks. If he was given community service it would have taken months considering you only do around 7 hours a week!!
i agree too many speed camers in southampton good on him he does'nt deserve prison.
heels angel supporter, southampton says...
10:27pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Get it right, Hythe says...
10:55pm Sat 15 Mar 08
paul wrote:...and another one...
i agree too many speed camers in southampton good on him he does'nt deserve prison.
"does'nt" should read "doesn't". It's short for "does not" and the apostrophe marks the missing "o".
Get it right, Hythe says...
11:15pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Not The Spelling Police wrote:It cheers me up...
Get it right wrote:Why do you need to point out the spelling and grammatical errors on comments on a local newspaper's website? Is that not a bit... well... sad?alex\\\'s mate 2 wrote: Alex aint innocent he dont have insurance or mot. he hasnt got tax. Last week he had an accident on his bike and ended up on cruches. hes fu**ed now he cant get to work in portsmouth with no lisense.I think pointing out the grammatical errors in this one would be p*ssing in the wind...
KONKER, Down sauff says...
11:57pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Robin Chainey, says...
11:59pm Sat 15 Mar 08
eh?, says...
12:05am Sun 16 Mar 08
Mel, Burlington, Ontario says...
3:56am Sun 16 Mar 08
Ken wrote:Rubbish!
He's a bit lardy for that bike isn't he?
i'm is always wrong - it's a contraction of I am and thus always requires a capital I, irrespective of where it occurs in a sentence.
Henrys mate's mate, says...
2:54pm Sun 16 Mar 08
At least he'll still get ridden in prison.
mangobean, Eastleigh says...
3:35pm Sun 16 Mar 08
jonnie wrote:My point is that he must have broken the law more than than the two camera incidents to have already had 9 points on his license.
mangobean wrote:I'd have to agree with Alex's mate. Whilst perverting the course of justice is always going to be dealt with in a robust manner, it seems desperately hard to send the guy to prison. Yes, he broke the law - twice - in a way that oughtn't to be repeated. But should we really be clogging up jails with idiots rather than criminals?never done noting wrong in his life!!If that's correct, why did he already have 9 points on his license? If you can't handle the consequences for breaking the law ...don't do it!
Sounds like a persistent offender with blatant disregard for the law to me.
mangobean, Eastleigh says...
3:37pm Sun 16 Mar 08
Prickionary wrote:asentence means I've been trying to type too quick and missed a keystroke.
mangobean wrote:Not quite. What does "asentence" mean?Duh wrote:Hee hee. This is getting silly now. Duh missed the I in capital. It only needs to be capital I when used in reference to one's self or at the start of a sentence. It is wrong to say I can use i when referring to myself in the middle of asentence. lol. Lesson over.Karen wrote:So shouldn't your post have gone like this..... I Is always In capitals no matter where In the sentence It Is? Not that I care, just thought i'd pick up on those so quick to criticise......Duh wrote:I is alway's in capitals no matter where in there sentance it isGet it right wrote:Actually Paul b is right! \"i\'m\" was mid-sentence so therefore requires no use of capital letters.paul b wrote: Excellent, should of been locked up earlier, but im pleased it has happened now!...should have been... ..I\'m...
But you already knew that didn't you.
Mike, Hythe says...
6:50pm Sun 16 Mar 08
Get it right, Hythe says...
7:00pm Sun 16 Mar 08
Mike wrote:Sorry Mike, but Grrr is correct with "If it were me" - it's the conditional tense.
"If it were me", I think Grrrr was dragged up. You don't come from this side of the water, you are far to rough for here and , may I say, a bit of a thickie. Init.
However, he is far too rough for here..
Duh, Southampton says...
8:43pm Sun 16 Mar 08
I used to run a business over there and moved out due to the shoplifters, so I should know!
Anyway back to the headline...........
colliwobbles, "Scummer"
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8:44pm Sun 16 Mar 08
In Southampton, Southampton says...
12:08pm Mon 17 Mar 08
Pub-chuck, says...
2:27pm Mon 17 Mar 08
Simon, The local says...
4:29pm Tue 1 Apr 08
He is clearly a burke' who shouldn't be riding on public roads though, a 6 month ban was surely enough.
hmmmnz, edinburgh says...
10:12am Mon 14 Apr 08
Bobby Brown wrote:i too ride a bike, in fact its my only transport,
So glad he god a prison term. Fools like this give all of us hwo ride a motorbike or a scooter a bad name. Lock him up and dont ever let him sit CBT ever again!
but I think you are getting a little excited,
us bikers will always have a bad name, and putting a little plonker in the already overcrowded prisons is just not the answer,
i think the judge, has abused his powers in this case, really he should have got a slap on the wrists and lost his licence.
just my opinion of course :D
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paul b, says...
12:12pm Sat 15 Mar 08