A university professor who spent £5,000 trying to clear his wife of a £60 speeding fine has been ordered by the courts to pay £15,000.
Dr Iain Fielden spent the money on getting experts to validate his argument that the speed camera, which clocked his wife driving at 36mph in a 30mph zone, gave an inaccurate reading.
He represented his wife in court and claimed that because the camera was located on a bend, a scientific principle called cosine error made the camera think his wife was driving quicker than she actually was.
The judge at Bradford Crown Court concluded that he was satisfied the camera was working properly and that Ms Fielden had broken the law.
He did reduce the fine amount that the prosecution had asked for, from £25,000 to £15,000.
Ms Fielden spoke outside court, saying: "It has taken a great deal of my husband's time over the past two years but it was worth it even if it didn't have the outcome we expected."
This week, PC Jacqueline Edwards was disqualified from driving for 50 days after being clocked doing 83mph in a 40mph zone in Llanfairfechan in Wales.
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