Ferrari salesman jailed for using laser jammer to avoid speeding points

Two month sentence after camera generated code for police suggesting device was being used illegally inside vehicle

Ferrari salesman jailed for using laser jammer to avoid speeding points

A Ferrari salesman who had a laser jammer, which is capable of preventing speed readings from being taken by scrambling a signal, installed on his vehicle to avoid getting points on his driving licence has been jailed.

Nicholas Burke, who was working at a Ferrari dealership in Leeds at the time of the offence, was caught using the device by North Yorkshire Police.

The motorist is believed by police to have been travelling above the 60mph speed limit in a BMW 335D on a rural road on the outskirts of York, on February 18 last year.

The jammer prevented the safety camera on the road from taking a reading but activated a code which indicated to police that a device was being used illegally inside the vehicle.

Burke, who later resigned from his role at the dealership, told officers that he used the device because he was worried about getting points on his licence.

The defendant pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and was sentenced to two months behind bars by a judge at York Crown Court on Thursday, North Yorkshire Police said.

Andy Forth, a traffic constable with the force, said: “As Burke’s prison sentence shows, the courts take a very dim view of people who use jammer devices to pervert the course of justice.

“As such, we have a duty to investigate when we think someone has used one illegally and we will uphold the law.”

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