Laser jammer Range Rover driver who gave police the finger is handed an eight-month prison sentence

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Laser jammer Range Rover driver who gave police the finger is handed an eight-month prison sentence

Posted on 23 April 2018 at 15:36pm in News stories

A company director who fitted a laser jammer to his Range Rover and made rude gestures as he drove past police safety cameras has been jailed.

Timothy Hill, 67, threw the device in a river behind his home in Grassington when he found out that officers had launched an investigation.

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But today he was jailed for eight months at Teesside Crown Court and banned from driving for a year for perverting the course of justice.

Hill drove past North Yorkshire Police’s mobile safety camera vans on the A19 near Easingwold, Thirsk and Crathorne on three occasions in December.

On all three occasions, he was photographed gesturing at the camera with his middle finger. Police also detected a laser jammer on his white Range Rover.

Officers began an investigation and Hill initially lied about where the vehicle was and tried to destroy the jammer.

But after officers visited his home and interviewed him about the incidents, he admitted he had fitted the device to his car.

Police were unable to ascertain his speed but charged him with perverting the course of justice, which he pleaded guilty to at court.

The judge who jailed Hill said such actions “strike at the heart” of the justice system and his sentence must act as a deterrent to others.

Traffic Constable Andrew Forth, who led the investigation for North Yorkshire Police, said afterward: “If you want to attract our attention, repeatedly gesturing at police camera vans with your middle finger while you’re driving a distinctive car fitted with a laser jammer is an excellent way to do it.

“It’s also an excellent way to end up in prison. As Hill’s case shows, perverting the course of justice is a very serious charge which carries a custodial sentence.

“It’s our job to keep road users safe across all 6,000 miles of North Yorkshire’s roads. Mobile safety camera vans are an important tool to do that – they are proven to reduce collisions and they help save lives.

“Drivers who fit laser jammers may mistakenly feel smug about ‘getting one over’ on the police. But we can tell if motorists are using these devices, and we will always endeavour to bring them to justice.”
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What nonsense, speed limits on motorways are from mentally impaired for mentally impaired people, sending someone to jail for using a laser jammer and giving the vinger is a disgrace.

But an immigrant convicted of sexual assault, no jail:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/refugee-tried-to-strangle-young-woman-181734/

The British justice system shows a complete inability to deal with real problems like grooming gangs, stabbings, guys with machettes, muslim enclaves, but non for issues like speeding, they seem to have enough time. Idiots.

//had to rant, this story is mind bogglingy annoying
 
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Cant say I agree really, the law is the law and comparing two entirely seperate cases taken by seperate judges that have nothing in common is hardly a like for like comparison. This guy deliberately flouted the law knew exactly what he was doing, three times, then tried to lie and hide the evidence. Im not commenting on the other case you linked but I will say the driver in this case got a sentence commensurate with his crime. what punishment would you have proposed?
 
It's a tough nut to crack how do we know this guy was speeding or not?

Yes there's other issues to be tackling but let's be honest it's not the police fault their budget is continuously slashed.

Also there's definitely cases where intervention is needed with speeding i.e. on local roads where people think it's a race track.
 
Guy is an arrogant dick if he thinks plod are going to ignore being given the finger. Serves him right.

If you're going to fit an illegal jammer on your car, don't provoke attention ffs ....
 
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Guy is an arrogant dick if he thinks plod are going to ignore being given the finger. Serves him right.

If you're going to fit an illegal jammer on your car, don't provoke attention ffs ....
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This imho, it's one thing fitting a jammer, it's another being a top (rhymed with) brick about it thinking you're above the law.
 
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