Man jailed for trying to avoid speeding tickets

A man has been jailed for six months after trying to avoid paying for speeding tickets.

Martin Whitworth of St Marys Park, Wythall, Birmingham,  was issued with a speeding ticket after driving through a safety camera at 64 mph in a temporary 50 mph speed limit on the M5 in August last year. 

But when he received the notice in the post he told police that someone must have stolen or cloned his registration plates.

Thinking he had got away with it he tried the ruse again when he sped through