R v Saunders

Subject Matter

ROAD TRAFFIC — Goods vehicle — Tachograph records — Sentence — False entries by lorry drivers on tachograph records — Substantial number of offences over lengthy period — No pressure from employer — No profit motive but wages increased by false entries — Whether sentences of eight months' imprisonment excessive — Transport Act 1968, s 99(5)

[2001] EWCA Crim 93; [2002] RTR 24; [2001] 2 Cr App R (S) 63, CA