A BRIDE who lied about a speeding offence committed while she travelled to her wedding ceremony in Gretna Green has been spared prison.
Carlisle Crown Court heard how 32-year-old Stacy Thompson falsely reported that a friend was driving a Volvo caught speeding on the M6 northbound between Penrith and Shap, on March 10 last year.
In fact, Thompson's partner and husband-to-be was the man behind the wheel - a fact later proved by photographic evidence. She was a passenger in the vehicle as the couple travelled to tie the knot at the popular romantic location.
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Both Thompson and her friend, pensioner Charles Golightly, eventually admitted initially making bogus claims to those seeking to identify the speeding driver.
They were sentenced today having each admitted a charge of perverting the course of justice.
Thompson, of Barley Cop Lane, Lancaster, and 70-year-old Golightly, of Eden Mount Way, Carnforth, received 18-week and three-month jail terms, respectively. These were each suspended for nine months by Judge Tony Lancaster, who told the pair they had committed a "serious" crime.
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