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DONCASTER MAN JAILED FOR HELPING SPEEDING DRIVERS, INCLUDING CABBIE, DODGE PROSECUTION
A Doncaster man has been jailed for his role in a speeding fine scam that helped more than a dozen drivers avoid prosecution. Khuram Yaqoob, 35, (pictured) provided false names and addres- ses to speeding drivers, allowing them to escape penalty points. The scam, ran between 2017-2019 and netted Yaqoob thousands of pounds. Yaqoob was described as the “central figure and ringleader” of the conspiracy by Judge Jonathon Rose at Bradford Crown Court. He was sentenced to three years
and four months in prison after admitting conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The scam was uncovered in 2019 when Yaqoob was arrested for firearms offences and his phone was seized which revealed details of the speeding fine scam. A total of 18 individuals, including Yaqoob, were sentenced on 3 and 4 December. Among the drivers
sentenced was Idris Yousaf, 45, a Huddersfield PHV driver, who was jailed for six months after the court heard he could have faced disqual- ification from driving if he had three more points on his licence. Yousaf, from Golcar, paid Yaqoob a total of £290 for him to deal with his Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) after he was caught doing 36mph in a 30mph zone. Judge Rose emphasised the need for “deterrent and punitive sentences” for those who under- mine the justice system.
MAN JAILED FOR HELPING BRADFORD CABBIE TO COVER UP RUNNING RED LIGHT
A man has been jailed for more than two years after he tried to help a Bradford cabbie to avoid prosecution for running a red light in the city.
Atique Khan, 44, (pictured) was locked up for his role in the bid to pervert the course of justice, but the cabbie, Kashif Khan, was spared jail after a judge said he was very lucky not to be following his co-accused into custody. In July 2021, Kashif Khan’s Lexus was caught on another driver’s dashcam running a red light on the A650 in Bradford. The incident was reported to the police, but after Kashif Khan received a NIP, the pair embarked on what was described by Recorder Patrick Palmer as “sophisticated, determ- ined and planned” offending. The NIP was returned naming another driver and with an address which the judge was told had been
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used in similar nominations more than 170 times between April 2019 and April 2024.
The subsequent police investigation linked Atique Khan to the address and he was said to have provided it to Kashif Khan to mislead the inquiry. After suspicions were raised another NIP was sent out in January 2022 and this time Kashif Khan nominated a different man at another address which police also had to check out. The court heard that Atique Khan, who had previous convictions for perverting the court of justice and fraud by false representation, was also linked to the second address. In an interview with Bradford Council’s taxi licensing depart- ment Kashif Khan put forward
what Recorder Palmer said was “a third story”
claiming that his
vehicle had been taken to a garage to be repaired at the time of the red light offence. Recorder Palmer said it was clear that the two defendants had “put their heads together” to provide another story. Atique Khan, from Bradford, admitted a charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and was jailed for 26 months. The court heard that Kashif Khan, 30, had no previous convictions and Recorder Palmer sentenced him to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years, after he admitted perverting the course of justice. Kashif Khan, who is no longer a cabbie, must do 250 hours’ unpaid work and comply with 25 rehabil- itation activity requirement days. He must also pay costs of £360.
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