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| Speed camera fitter's 76mph fine | Speed camera fitter's 76mph fine |
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| A man who installs speed cameras has told a court of his embarrassment at being caught on camera himself. | A man who installs speed cameras has told a court of his embarrassment at being caught on camera himself. |
| Marjinder Singh Sagoo, 29, from West Bromwich, admitted doing 76 mph in a 50 mph zone near Mold, Flintshire. | |
| He installed and maintained cameras throughout north Wales and north-west England, and drove 1,500 miles a week, Flintshire magistrates were told. | He installed and maintained cameras throughout north Wales and north-west England, and drove 1,500 miles a week, Flintshire magistrates were told. |
| He was fined £200 with £35 costs, and had four penalty points imposed on his driving licence. | He was fined £200 with £35 costs, and had four penalty points imposed on his driving licence. |
| The defendant told the court his wife was pregnant at the time he was caught speeding in at Pontblyddin in August. | The defendant told the court his wife was pregnant at the time he was caught speeding in at Pontblyddin in August. |
| He received a telephone call saying she was not well, so drove back to Birmingham to be with her. | He received a telephone call saying she was not well, so drove back to Birmingham to be with her. |
| In a letter to the court, he said he was concentrating on getting home to his wife and must have missed the road sign. | In a letter to the court, he said he was concentrating on getting home to his wife and must have missed the road sign. |
| But he said he appreciated that did not excuse his actions, and was very embarrassed. | But he said he appreciated that did not excuse his actions, and was very embarrassed. |
| He was working in Flintshire on the day he was caught, and said he had a good relationship with various road safety partnerships in the region. | He was working in Flintshire on the day he was caught, and said he had a good relationship with various road safety partnerships in the region. |
| Asked outside court if he had been caught by one of his own cameras, he replied: "You are joking, aren't you?" | Asked outside court if he had been caught by one of his own cameras, he replied: "You are joking, aren't you?" |
| He said that he had not been caught by a fixed Gatso camera, which he installs, but by a mobile camera in a van. | He said that he had not been caught by a fixed Gatso camera, which he installs, but by a mobile camera in a van. |