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image captionAndrew Laird was given a two-year jail term suspended for 12 months
A businessman blamed his dying wife in a bid to evade prosecution for a string of speeding offences, police have said.
Andrew Laird, 51, of Fryton, near Slingsby, Malton, pleaded guilty to 16 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.
He said his wife, who has since died, and other relatives were driving at the time of the offences between 2015 and 2018.
He was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
However, he claimed it was his wife rather than him who was behind the wheel.