Speeding striker jailed for lying

[Scottish Mag 3]

A Stoke City footballer who claimed his stepfather was at the wheel when he was clocked doing 103mph in his Mercedes has been jailed for four months.

 

Vincent Pericard, 24, admitted perverting the course of justice, at Plymouth Crown Court.

 

The former Juventus and Portsmouth striker was caught on the A38 near Plymouth last March.

 

The Cameroon-born player was charged after his stepfather Jack told police he had not been in the UK since 2003.

 

Officers had tracked his stepfather down after letters were sent to him at an address in France.

 

'Serious consequences'

 

Pericard, who has twice been disqualified from driving for previous speeding offences, was sent further letters, to which he did not reply.

 

Eventually one said the picture of him speeding was taken from in front of the car and revealed the driver.

 

Vincent Pericard was on loan at Plymouth Argyle at the time

 

In December, he sent a statement to police saying he had made a mistake and apologised for any inconvenience, but was later arrested.

 

The court heard Pericard earned £190,000 a year and could afford a significant fine.

 

But Judge Francis Gilbert said speed cameras would be a "waste of time" if there were not serious consequences for this type of offence.

 

"You were looking to escape - it was a deliberate plan of dishonesty," he told Pericard.

 

"I regard doing an act intending to pervert the course of public justice as serious.

 

"You cannot buy yourself out of the consequences."

 

'Small minority'

 

Pericard, of Oyster Road, Portsmouth, joined Stoke City on a free transfer at the end of the 2005-06 season.

 

The court heard he had been speeding while travelling from his Portsmouth home to a training session in Plymouth where he was playing for Plymouth Argyle on loan.

 

After the hearing, Pc Duncan Russell said: "There is a small minority of people who think they are above the law and that they can lie their way out of a speeding fine.

 

"In this case the defendant was driving at 103mph and deliberately lied to avoid the consequences.

 

"The sentence today reinforces that the court will not tolerate this behaviour."

[jaythesouthernmag 0]

And a fuckin jovo peado gets community service? , Great british justice!!!. rape a kid and get nowt lie to the pigs and do some bird, go figure?

Edited August 24, 2007 by jaythesouthernmag

[MattM4 0]

Wow... Pericard! had forgotten about that guy. Used to know his girlfriend in Pompey

 

Nice to see he's keeping busy.

[Jimbo 175]

Can we have Luque arrested for drawing a wage under false pretences ?

[manc-mag 1]

And a fuckin jovo peado gets community service? , Great british justice!!!. rape a kid and get nowt lie to the pigs and do some bird, go figure?

 

What would be nonsense, would be to use either of those offences as a reference tool to gauge the correctness of the other one as you have done there.

 

PS someone do a 'nonce sense' joke for good measure.

[Jimbo 175]

And a fuckin jovo peado gets community service? , Great british justice!!!. rape a kid and get nowt lie to the pigs and do some bird, go figure?

 

What would be nonsense, would be to use either of those offences as a reference tool to gauge the correctness of the other one as you have done there.

 

PS someone do a 'nonce sense' joke for good measure.

 

 

Hang the lot of them, I say.

[manc-mag 1]

And a fuckin jovo peado gets community service? , Great british justice!!!. rape a kid and get nowt lie to the pigs and do some bird, go figure?

 

What would be nonsense, would be to use either of those offences as a reference tool to gauge the correctness of the other one as you have done there.

 

PS someone do a 'nonce sense' joke for good measure.

 

 

Hang the lot of them, I say.

 

That argument is actually more valid than jaythesouthernmag's.

 

I'm not disputing the adequacy of the sentence, I just can't stand the Daily Mail logic.

[Fop 1]

And a fuckin jovo peado gets community service? , Great british justice!!!. rape a kid and get nowt lie to the pigs and do some bird, go figure?

 

What would be nonsense, would be to use either of those offences as a reference tool to gauge the correctness of the other one as you have done there.

 

PS someone do a 'nonce sense' joke for good measure.

 

 

Hang the lot of them, I say.

 

That argument is actually more valid than jaythesouthernmag's.

 

I'm not disputing the adequacy of the sentence, I just can't stand the Daily Mail logic.

 

Well that sentence for was it 11 counts of child abuse was kinda light (like an elephant is kinda heavy), it's a bit bizarre you get imprisoned for looking at pictures of child abuse but not for doing it.... although there's probably someone that can tell why that should be the case whilst at the same time explaining away why allowing teenagers to think (and frankly effectively be) they are above the law has no relation at all to current youth crime issues.

[Guest alex]

Using 'kinda' should be an offence iyam

[Fop 1]

Using 'kinda' should be an offence iyam

 

It is "enshrined" (as nothing can, of course, just be "in" it) in the Human Rights Charter.

[Guest alex]

Using 'kinda' should be an offence iyam

 

It is "enshrined" (as nothing can, of course, just be "in" it) in the Human Rights Charter.

It's a bit US teen drama for my liking.