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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Harrison Galliven & Ashlie Blakey

Man, 27, caught getting paid £200 to sit a driving test for his friend... but vows: "I will never do it again - I’m sorry"

A 'prolific' fraudster was paid £200 to sit a driving theory test for his friend, a court heard.

Aaron Farrell, from Rochdale, was stopped at a driving test centre in York just before he was about to sit the test under another person's name. The 27-year-old had been paid £200 to sit the test on behalf of a pal named Azizullah Adikhail, the court was told.

But staff became suspicious as they recognised Farrell's face from other previous tests sat by an imposter. His mugshot was on a nationwide list of 'people to look out for', test centre manager Daniel Clapham said.

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