A man who was caught overtaking dangerously on a busy dual carriageway claimed he was not driving his car at the time of the offence and instead used an unknown person’s name and details in a bid to get away with it. Samal Abubaker Mawlood, aged 37, was driving his Audi A5 on the A48 near Pensarn on the outskirts of Carmarthen on May 22, 2019.
When dashcam footage of his driving was submitted to GoSafe a notice of intended prosecution was sent to his address as he was the registered keeper of the car. But Mawlood, of Prospect Place, Pembroke Dock, told officers he was not driving at the time the car was spotted “performing a dangerous overtake” and instead blamed the incident on another man, from the Birmingham area, who he claimed had borrowed his vehicle on the day in question.
Letters were then sent to the address of the man and police even received a response to confirm that he, and not Mawlood, had been driving when the offence took place in Carmarthen. Further correspondence was ignored and the man was convicted of the offence. To get the latest Carmarthenshire stories sent directly to you for free click here.
