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Speeding and other criminal offences / Police think I'm the driver of my former lease car that has been caught speeding
« on: October 07, 2024, 04:59:45 pm »
Hi, wonder if anyone can help. I had a lease car that I finished the contract on, and returned to the lease company. I recieved an Police Intention to Prosecute with an Application for the Identity of the Driver in the post, for a speeding offense that happened over a month after I returned the car. Obviously I was not the driver.
I replied to the notice saying I wasn't the driver, attached details of my lease contract showing it had ended and the car was returned, and gave contact details of the lease company.
A couple of weeks later, the police write back to me saying they "have been provided with documentation to show that you were the driver at the time and/or in posession at the time of the alleged offense". WTF?
They've asked me to fill in the driver identity form again, with wording in the letter suggesting that I was either lying or made "an honest mistake", neither of which are true.
Is there anything else I can do to show them I wasn't the driver? This is completely absurd but unfortunately I don't have much faith in the system to avoid absurd conclusions.
I replied to the notice saying I wasn't the driver, attached details of my lease contract showing it had ended and the car was returned, and gave contact details of the lease company.
A couple of weeks later, the police write back to me saying they "have been provided with documentation to show that you were the driver at the time and/or in posession at the time of the alleged offense". WTF?
They've asked me to fill in the driver identity form again, with wording in the letter suggesting that I was either lying or made "an honest mistake", neither of which are true.
Is there anything else I can do to show them I wasn't the driver? This is completely absurd but unfortunately I don't have much faith in the system to avoid absurd conclusions.