A crafty mother-of-four tried to talk her way out of trouble when her car was stopped by police in a routine check – and quickly gave them the name of her sister in a bid to throw the officer off the scent. But her scheme quickly backfired when police investigated further, looked at pictures and discovered that her story could not possibly be true, Hull Crown Court heard. Kayley Overton, 37, of Cliffe Road, Market Weighton, admitted doing an act tending to pervert the course of justice by giving false details to a police officer on December 10, 2022.
Timothy Jacobs, prosecuting, said that police stopped Overton while she was driving a car in Stockholm Road on Sutton Fields industrial estate, Hull. She was asked to provide her details but she gave the name of her sister. Further investigations were made and it was discovered that Overton was not the person that she had claimed to be.
CCTV footage pictures confirmed this. It was discovered that the sister was living in a care home and could not have been driving the car at the time. Keep up to date with all the latest crime and court news from Hull with our free newsletter Benjamin Donnell, mitigating, said that Overton had only a provisional driving licence at the time of the incident and she did not have insurance.
She gave the false name to avoid possible punishment for having no insurance, test certificate and road tax. Overton made admissions and regretted her behaviour. She had no previous convictions and had four children aged 16, 13, 11 and eight.
Judge John Thackray KC said that perverting the course of justice was a very serious offence and many people went to prison for this type of offending. "It undermines the criminal justice system," said Judge Thackray. "The police soon discovered what you had done.
It soon came to light." Overton was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and 100 hours' unpaid work. She was banned from driving for three months.
"You have got to make it the priority of your life and get the order done," said Judge Thackray. "If you fail to do the hours and make excuses and don't get the work done, you will go to prison." As she left the court building, Overton started singing loudly "What a lovely day".
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Mum-of-four pretended to be her sister when police pulled her over
As she left the court building, she started singing loudly "What a lovely day"