Ipswich Crown Court
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A man who forged his daughter's signature to deflect blame for a motoring offence has avoided going straight to jail.
Philip Thompson claimed his daughter was behind the wheel of a car which jumped a red light when she actually was studying at university 200 miles away.
Thompson, 60, of Whitesfield, East Bergholt, was sentenced to nine months' custody, suspended for two years, at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday, having previously admitted committing a series of acts with intent to pervert the course of justice.
He was also fined £5,000.
The court heard how Thompson, a limousine hire company boss, had forged one of his two daughters' signatures on a notice of intended prosecution sent to the address on February 1, 2018, after her silver Ford Fiesta was recorded jumping a red light