Motorcyclist Andrew Kelly caught riding at 122mph

Andrew John Kelly was spotted by a mobile safety camera on the A63 near Selby last June but then tried to manipulate the law to avoid penalty points, said North Yorkshire Police.

A force spokeswoman said Kelly, of Pudsey, West Yorks, who works as an MOT tester, had failed to respond to notices of intended prosecution in the hope he could avoid naming the rider at the time of the offence.

She said he sought advice on an internet forum on how to avoid prosecution and how to circumvent responding to his notice of intended prosecution “He posted his intention to lie about the rider of the bike on the internet forum,” she said.

“He bragged on the forum about how he had got away with not paying a parking fine by submitting a fake invoice, resulting in him being charged with perverting the course of justice.”

She said his attitude on the forum resulted in a backlash from other users who disapproved of his lies and warned him he would face more serious action if he continued to lie.

He was eventually barred from the forum and his account was terminated.

She said he persistently lied to police officers during interview, claimed his bike was being ridden by a potential buyer called “Richard” at the time of the offence and claimed his address book had been stolen and he did not have the rider’s details.

Kelly was adamant that it was “Richard” in the images taken by the mobile safety camera. But he finally admitted it was him riding at the time of the offence when Traffic Constable Zoe Billings showed him the images and the clothing worn by the rider matched Kelly’s clothing.

Kelly pleaded guilty at York Crown Court to one charge of perverting the course of justice in relation to the speeding offence, one charge of perverting the course of justice in relation to the parking fine and one charge of speeding at 122mph.

He will be sentenced at York Crown Court on Wednesday.