Shrewsbury couple must pay £4,000 after overtaking caught on camera
A Shrewsbury couple were ordered to pay £4,000 after being convicted of failing to name a driver whose overtaking was caught on camera.
Bryan Pocock, 43, and Susanna Pocock, 38, of Mytton Oak Road in Copthorne, had denied failing to identify a driver to police.
But at Llandudno Magistrates Court, Judge Gwyn Jones said the couple's evidence was "lacking in precision, on occasions evasive and lacking in basic credibility."
Both were fined £1,000 with £1,000 costs. Bryan Pocock was banned because of the number of points on his licence. Susanna Pocock was given six points.
The footage showed a motorist who appeared to be in a "tearing hurry," the court heard. It showed a VW Passatt estate overtaking on the A470 near Dolgellau.
Judge Jones said it was alleged the VW overtook vehicles when there was a blind bend and people could potentially have emerged from a layby.
Mr Pocock, director of a firm which provides storage tanks worldwide, claimed he couldn't recall whether he or his wife had been driving on a Saturday in September last year.
She maintained in evidence :"We do swap around."
The couple denied failing to identify the driver to police.
Defence barrister Andrew McInnes said they were "upstanding" members of the community and he urged the judge to find that they supplied the information that they could.
