Pensioner with cancer gets criminal conviction over £27 of unpaid tax on dead husband's car

The Standard has exposed multiple cases of harsh penalties under the fast-track Single Justice Procedure - (Christian Adams)

A cancer-stricken pensioner has been handed a criminal conviction for not paying £27 of tax on her husband’s car in the weeks after he suddenly died.

The 68-year-old, from Liverpool, did not realise the tax on her husband’s Ford Kuga would automatically be cancelled when she told government agencies about his death.