A man has been sent to prison for five months for attempting to recruit a volunteer to take his speeding points for him... over Facebook.
Scott Woodburn, 32, of Rotherham was caught breaking the speed limit on the A61 in Sheffield in November 2011. Realising that another three-point fixed penalty would lose him his licence, Mr Woodburn decided that the best thing to do would be to convince a friend to admit to the offence.
But rather than asking someone through the time-tested method of 'talking ', he posted a Facebook status in an attempt to publicly recruit an accomplice to take the rap. Mr Woodburn offered to pay £250 for the trouble.
Unfortunately for Mr Woodburn, he didn't realise that anything he posted on Facebook could potentially be viewed by anyone with an internet connection. And he certainly didn't count on the police reading his post and charging him with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Mr Woodburn's would-be accomplice -- who, incidentally, doesn't have a driving licence -- was also charged, earning himself an eleven-week suspended sentence.
Now we love a story about thick motorists getting their comeuppance, but not since the story of the South African man who killed himself in a bizarre dog-related drunk-driving accident have we been quite so amused by a motorist's stupidity.
Luckily for the other 34m drivers on UK roads, Mr Woodburn is unlikely to appear behind the wheel of a car for quite some time.
