A judge tells the former West Yorkshire officer he let down the police force and his family.
The former officer and his wife both pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to perverting the course of justice
When the couple received the speeding tickets, they claimed it had been his wife Lisa, 38, also a police employee, who had been behind the wheel.The Leeds-based officer, who has since resigned from West Yorkshire Police, and his wife, who also left her civilian post, pleaded guilty to two offences of perverting the course of justice at a court hearing last November.
Prosecutor Richard Walters described how he was caught on camera speeding in Morley while driving the couple's VW Passat and Renault Megane vehicles at 37mph and 36mph on the same 30mph road in April and June. However, after an investigation was started by the police professional standards board in September the pair, of Moorside Drive, Bradford, were arrested and their mobile phones were seized.He added: "He [Hinchliffe] talks about a new job he's got where he has to visit schools and says he wouldn't be able to visit them if he lost his licence.
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