'They got the wrong address!' Speeder has £1,000 court bill slashed after paperwork error
A man has successfully had his £1,000 court bill for a driving offence slashed - after magistrates heard that legal letters had been sent to the wrong address.
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William Michael Parton, aged 33 and of Steepside, in Shrewsbury, appeared at Telford Magistrates Court on Monday to make a statutory declaration after he was convicted of failing to identify the driver of a Ford that had been caught speeding by a notorious Shropshire speed camera.
After Parton failed to respond to proceedings, Worcester Magistrates Court issued a total bill of £1,014 in his absence, made up of a fine of £660, a victim surcharge of £264 and prosecution costs of £90. It also included six points on his licence.
