Jail for corrupt court official in driving records scam

A CORRUPT court official who helped more than 70 motorists to falsify their driving records and escape bans has been jailed for six years.

David Kelly, 47, committed a gross breach of trust in a betrayal of the criminal justice system, his colleagues and the general public, said a judge.

Debt-ridden Kelly, of Toxteth, Liverpool, operated the scam from his workplace in the admin department at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.

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He assisted 71 drivers in removing details of their convictions, disqualifications and penalty points on 110 occasions between 2004 and 2010.

Preston Crown Court heard that drivers would pass on cash to “middle men” who had contacts within the Liverpool underworld and their details would be handed to Kelly. The defendant then sent forms from the court to the DVLA to request the alterations.

It is understood that most of the corrupt payments from members of the public were made in pubs across Liverpool with £100 thought to be the going rate for erasing one penalty point.

Yesterday, a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to pervert the court of justice.

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Three of his “customers” who were in the dock with him – Shaun Robinson, Samantha Evans and Mark Camello – were convicted of perverting the course of justice. Camello, 33, of Toxteth, was jailed for 14 months, while Evans, 25, of West Derby, and Robinson, 24, of Toxteth, were each jailed for 12 months.

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