A CAR salesman who runs his own business has been jailed for giving false details to police after being caught speeding a number of times.

Avice Amjad, 42, of Amberley Street, Bradford, was caught speeding by cameras on six different occasions in two cars belonging to him between June 16 and November 11, 2019, on the M621 and the A641. On one occasion, on November 11, 2019, he was caught speeding at 93mph in a 70mph zone of the M621.

On each occasion, Amjad was sent notices of intended prosecution and he claimed he was not the driver and names were spelt differently on the forms he sent back, Bradford Crown Court heard.

He even gave the address of an innocent woman who herself did not even owned or driven a car. She told police she was left suffering from anxiety after receiving the penalty notices.

When investigators returned to him after failing to trace the drivers he had named, Amjad told them he had sold the vehicles before he had been caught speeding.

Police investigated Amjad’s claims and found he had provided false or misleading information to avoid getting licence points which could lead to him losing his licence.

Amjad gave false details to police after being caught speeding each time, as he did not want to lose his driving licence as he ran a car sales business.

Amjad's mitigating counsel told the court: "It was not persistent, but not sophisticated, what he did.

"He accepts he is the author of his own misfortunes.

"It was a determined and desperate attempt to avoid disqualification.

"He has a number of staff. He is the man that goes and buys the cars and then they are cleaned and sold at his premises."

Amjad, who pleaded guilty an an earlier hearing, was convicted on six counts of perverting the course of justice.

He has been jailed for 14 months and disqualified from driving for 18 months.

Judge Neil Davey QC told Amjad: "This was a determined and long lasting period of offending where you repeatedly gave false details and ignored warnings from police.

"There are no mitigating factors in your case, other than your guilty plea."

Judge Davey added Amjad also gave the address of an 'entirely blameless and innocent woman' during the incidents and subsequently suspicion fell on her.

Rachel Wainwright, of West Yorkshire Police’s Casualty Reduction Unit, said Amjad's conviction should act as a deterrent to other drivers.

She said: "Amjad thought he could avoid being accountable for the points and speeding fines but ended up in a worse situation by not being clear about who was responsible for the vehicles.

"I hope this sentence sends a message out to drivers who think they can take to West Yorkshire’s roads without taking responsibility for their actions."