The wrong man…you think?

Wait for it…

From the London Telegraph…

George Day...was seized by police who thought he had committed a string of offences behind the wheel....

Mr Day, 50, from Birmingham, said he initially thought the arrest was a joke....

Police said Mr Day, who works as switchboard operator at City College, Birmingham and a broadcaster for Aston FM radio station, had committed a driving offence on November 3 last year. They also claimed a fine that had been issued in his name remained outstanding.

He was ordered to attend magistrates court on Friday to make a statutory declaration that officers had got the wrong man….

"When I got there they said I should be put in a cell because there was a warrant for my arrest and that's what would usually happen," he said.

"Fortunately, the warrant officer realised that would be unfair and allowed me to wait with my solicitor. During the hearing I explained that it wasn't me who had committed the offences and that someone had obviously used my details.

"I had to sign a declaration to say I knew nothing about it.

"The court said that should be the end of the matter, but I didn't get an apology."

Oh, and George Day is stone blind, has been since he was seven. Day is annoyed that after all that the police never bothered to find the real culprit.

Posted by Danny Carlton at June 9, 2009 7:32 AM