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Driving test fraudster jailed
A fraudster who impersonated learner drivers to take theory tests for them was jailed today.
Illegal immigrant Palwinder Johal - who police said was part of the country's biggest driving test fraud - sat theory tests at centres across the UK before selling on the certificates for £300 each.
Oxford Crown Court heard the 24-year-old was caught by police in Oxford in April while attempting to sit a Construction Industry Board test in Blackbird Leys.
Johal, of Warwick Crescent, Hayes, West London, admitted dishonestly trying to obtain property by deception and two counts of fraud.
He asked for a further charge of conspiracy and one of possessing a false UK driving licence to be taken into consideration.
Alex Durran, prosecuting, said Johal took tests 21 times in 20 different places across the south of England.
Jerome Silva, defending, said: "He was not a major player in this conspiracy. He was a small fish."
Jailing him for two years and recommending that he is deported to his native India, Judge Anthony King said: "You have pleaded guilty to significant and important frauds.
"It strikes at public safety because those who appear to have passed tests when they are not entitled to have done so are a potential danger."
Speaking after the case, Insp Jim Strachan said Johal had tried to take a driving test in Oxford in October 2006.
7:39pm Friday 15th August 2008
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CommentPosted by: Gel, Nr Wantage on 8:50pm Fri 15 Aug 08
And hopefully goes striaght from jail to airport without all those bleeding hearts calling him a victim.
He's a criminal, contributing nothing, just taking & costing like so many of his brothers at Campsfield House.
And hopefully goes striaght from jail to airport without all those bleeding hearts calling him a victim.
He's a criminal, contributing nothing, just taking & costing like so many of his brothers at Campsfield House.
Posted by: Joe, Marston Road on 8:57pm Fri 15 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Gel[/bold] wrote:
And hopefully goes striaght from jail to airport without all those bleeding hearts calling him a victim. He's a criminal, contributing nothing, just taking & costing like so many of his brothers at Campsfield House.[/quote] Sorry,
Awaiting verification of his credentials, and of course his legal status.
Uman rights innit!
Gel wrote:
And hopefully goes striaght from jail to airport without all those bleeding hearts calling him a victim. He's a criminal, contributing nothing, just taking & costing like so many of his brothers at Campsfield House.
Sorry,
Awaiting verification of his credentials, and of course his legal status.
Uman rights innit!
Posted by: Steve, Oxford on 9:42pm Fri 15 Aug 08
What's the chances of him being deported? Not much I would say. Labour will probably give him a detached house and a new car!
What's the chances of him being deported? Not much I would say. Labour will probably give him a detached house and a new car!
Posted by: John, Oxford on 9:52pm Fri 15 Aug 08
Why have Oxford Mail removed details of people arrested over car crime in this article http://www.oxfordmai
l.net/news/headlines
/display.var.2425672
.0.eleven_arrested_o
ver_car_crimes.php
And why can't we make comments on that article?
One of the names on the article earlier was Gabriel 'the Bonn Square tree protestor'.
If it was accurate then now we know what those sort of people get up to, when they are not hanging in trees.
Why have Oxford Mail removed details of people arrested over car crime in this article http://www.oxfordmai
l.net/news/headlines
/display.var.2425672
.0.eleven_arrested_o
ver_car_crimes.php
And why can't we make comments on that article?
One of the names on the article earlier was Gabriel 'the Bonn Square tree protestor'.
If it was accurate then now we know what those sort of people get up to, when they are not hanging in trees.
Posted by: John, Oxford on 9:56pm Fri 15 Aug 08
sorry, there are 2 articles about the car crime. This one does have details of people arrested...
http://www.oxfordmai
l.net/news/headlines
/display.var.2426695
.0.crackdown_cuts_ca
r_crime.php
Still doesn't allow comments to be made though?
sorry, there are 2 articles about the car crime. This one does have details of people arrested...
http://www.oxfordmai
l.net/news/headlines
/display.var.2426695
.0.crackdown_cuts_ca
r_crime.php
Still doesn't allow comments to be made though?
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 10:02pm Fri 15 Aug 08
Due to a lack of transparency on the part of person unknown i suggest it's because they do not understand the division of labour.
They report and we decide is the democratic way.
What they have is quite far from that benchmark.
Due to a lack of transparency on the part of person unknown i suggest it's because they do not understand the division of labour.
They report and we decide is the democratic way.
What they have is quite far from that benchmark.
Posted by: david cameron-young on 10:14pm Fri 15 Aug 08
i presume that all those people who bought his fraudulent pass certificates will have their licences removed, and will have to take these tests again. obviously they felt unable to take the test themselves, probably because they are unable to speak or read english. if that is the case then they shouldn't be on the roads anyway
i presume that all those people who bought his fraudulent pass certificates will have their licences removed, and will have to take these tests again. obviously they felt unable to take the test themselves, probably because they are unable to speak or read english. if that is the case then they shouldn't be on the roads anyway
Posted by: gary, oxford on 10:32pm Fri 15 Aug 08
i dont think the om wanted to bring you this story until i plastered all over the place.Illegal immigrants and the oxford mail are taking you all for cu--s. there is a WAR on the indigenous population. i dont think the om likes the fact that some of you are starting to grow a back bone,it's about time.
i dont think the om wanted to bring you this story until i plastered all over the place.Illegal immigrants and the oxford mail are taking you all for cu--s. there is a WAR on the indigenous population. i dont think the om likes the fact that some of you are starting to grow a back bone,it's about time.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 11:06pm Fri 15 Aug 08
If only it was one rogue paper.
If only it was one rogue paper.
Posted by: DanOxford on 1:43am Sat 16 Aug 08
[quote][bold]John[/bold] wrote:
sorry, there are 2 articles about the car crime. This one does have details of people arrested... http://www.oxfordmai l.net/news/headlines /display.var.2426695 .0.crackdown_cuts_ca r_crime.php Still doesn't allow comments to be made though?[/quote] That's because Gabriel Chamberlain had a long history of drug abuse, burgalary and car theft from Oxford residents, and was a scumbag all along, and not some sort of 'folk hero' as idolised by the Lefty liberal Eco- Nazis, the anti- improvement and development reactionaries and the over- privileged and under- experienced in reality students who championed his 'protest'- which cost the tax payer £12,000 and failed to result in a conviction due to 'lack of witnesses'.
Similarly, this illegal immigrant is a scumbag who has put lives at risks by enabling unqualified people to drive.
Unfortunately, because he has brown skin, the very same 'outraged' white liberals will refuse to acknowledge that he is a criminal scumbag with no right to be here, thus exposing their own inherent racism.
John wrote:
sorry, there are 2 articles about the car crime. This one does have details of people arrested... http://www.oxfordmai l.net/news/headlines /display.var.2426695 .0.crackdown_cuts_ca r_crime.php Still doesn't allow comments to be made though?
That's because Gabriel Chamberlain had a long history of drug abuse, burgalary and car theft from Oxford residents, and was a scumbag all along, and not some sort of 'folk hero' as idolised by the Lefty liberal Eco- Nazis, the anti- improvement and development reactionaries and the over- privileged and under- experienced in reality students who championed his 'protest'- which cost the tax payer £12,000 and failed to result in a conviction due to 'lack of witnesses'.
Similarly, this illegal immigrant is a scumbag who has put lives at risks by enabling unqualified people to drive.
Unfortunately, because he has brown skin, the very same 'outraged' white liberals will refuse to acknowledge that he is a criminal scumbag with no right to be here, thus exposing their own inherent racism.
Posted by: Hunt, oxford on 2:59am Sat 16 Aug 08
As long as it's an immigrant or black or any ethnic minority issue , the defenders of the faith and what not fly into action...
Do you know how many "white" folks from our shores make other countries their home?
... i was in Singapore and Malaysia recently, plenty of ex-pates their
As long as it's an immigrant or black or any ethnic minority issue , the defenders of the faith and what not fly into action...
Do you know how many "white" folks from our shores make other countries their home?
... i was in Singapore and Malaysia recently, plenty of ex-pates their
Posted by: Ex-pate, Down Under on 4:55am Sat 16 Aug 08
Hunt, makes reference to Ex-pates, and he is correct, there are better places to live, than England, Oxford, or that s--t hole Black Bird Leys.
Hunt, makes reference to Ex-pates, and he is correct, there are better places to live, than England, Oxford, or that s--t hole Black Bird Leys.
Posted by: ejs, Doha, Qatar on 11:40am Sat 16 Aug 08
Re: Post by "Hunt".
You seem to be missing the point. The vast majority of Ex-Pats (not "Pates")are not illegal immigrants, criminals and scroungers, and certainly not in the countries which you claim to have recently visited.
Having been a British ex-pat for some 23 years, i can assure you that the vast majority of ex-pats are hard working, follow the rules and regulations and respect the customs of their host countries. Not, as is the case in the U.K. Overun with Illegal immigrants,criminals and scroungers expecting and being given free handouts at the expense of the law abiding taxpayers.
Re: Post by "Hunt".
You seem to be missing the point. The vast majority of Ex-Pats (not "Pates")are not illegal immigrants, criminals and scroungers, and certainly not in the countries which you claim to have recently visited.
Having been a British ex-pat for some 23 years, i can assure you that the vast majority of ex-pats are hard working, follow the rules and regulations and respect the customs of their host countries. Not, as is the case in the U.K. Overun with Illegal immigrants,criminals and scroungers expecting and being given free handouts at the expense of the law abiding taxpayers.
Posted by: DanOxford on 12:02pm Sat 16 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Hunt[/bold] wrote:
As long as it's an immigrant or black or any ethnic minority issue , the defenders of the faith and what not fly into action... Do you know how many "white" folks from our shores make other countries their home? ... i was in Singapore and Malaysia recently, plenty of ex-pates their [/quote] That's not the point is it?
If this person had simply lived in England (legally) there wouldn't be a story.
Yet again, an attempt is made to divert attention away from the real story (illegal immigrant puts other people in danger due to criminality) by making a comparison with law- abiding, tax paying British people contributing to the economy of a poorer Country.
The point is that criminals should be prosecuted and illegal immigrants should be deported [bold]REGARDLESS[/bold] of colour/ race/ religion/ etc etc etc.
Tell me- in Singapore, if a British person had committed the same crime as discussed above, would a sizeable number of Singapore hand- wringers leap to his defence, claiming that the conviction must be due to racism, and that even if it [bold]WAS[/bold] proven beyond all doubt, it must be because Singapore itself had somehow oppressed him so that he had no choice other than act criminally, and that he should be allowed to stay in Singapore regardless?
Racism isn't about locking black people up, or searching young Muslim men more often than Chinese grandmothers at airports, or deporting people who have no right to be in a Country, or stating a rapist's colour in a wanted description, it's about treating people [bold]UNFAIRLY[/bold] because of their colour or race.
The British are by and large a tolerant, fair and reasonable people.
Compare us to the Italians, French or Poles in terms of nationalism and racism.
What people are sick and tired of is some foreigners taking the p*ss by committing crimes; claiming asylum when they they have no genune grounds; over staying 'student' visas; running organised criminal networks from card skimming, prostitution and cannabis farms (all dominated by foreign gangs) and demanding that alien practices (Sharia Law, Halal food, bigamy, marrying a cousin) are 'respected' and enshrined in British Law.
People are also sick and tired of sweeping changes being introduced with no (genuine) consultation by the self- serving politicians (no EU referendum; multiculturalism; mass immigration)and the 'meddling classes' telling them that they are 'Little Englanders', 'racists' or 'ignorant' because they want [bold]FAIRNESS.[/bold]
This is [bold]OUR[/bold] Country, not a get rich scheme or social experiment by a handful of politicians and an army of hand wringers who live in safe, overwhelmingly white, middle class areas while denouncing everyone who has to deal with the [bold]REAL[/bold] consequences- from pensioners harrassed by teenagers out into the early hours, to black mothers who have lost their sons to knife and gun crime to young people unable to get a training or a living wage due to migrants accepting lower wages will will go a lot further when they go home, stopping only to claim all their tax back if they do so within a year.
Hunt wrote:
As long as it's an immigrant or black or any ethnic minority issue , the defenders of the faith and what not fly into action... Do you know how many "white" folks from our shores make other countries their home? ... i was in Singapore and Malaysia recently, plenty of ex-pates their
That's not the point is it?
If this person had simply lived in England (legally) there wouldn't be a story.
Yet again, an attempt is made to divert attention away from the real story (illegal immigrant puts other people in danger due to criminality) by making a comparison with law- abiding, tax paying British people contributing to the economy of a poorer Country.
The point is that criminals should be prosecuted and illegal immigrants should be deported
REGARDLESS of colour/ race/ religion/ etc etc etc.
Tell me- in Singapore, if a British person had committed the same crime as discussed above, would a sizeable number of Singapore hand- wringers leap to his defence, claiming that the conviction must be due to racism, and that even if it
WAS proven beyond all doubt, it must be because Singapore itself had somehow oppressed him so that he had no choice other than act criminally, and that he should be allowed to stay in Singapore regardless?
Racism isn't about locking black people up, or searching young Muslim men more often than Chinese grandmothers at airports, or deporting people who have no right to be in a Country, or stating a rapist's colour in a wanted description, it's about treating people
UNFAIRLY because of their colour or race.
The British are by and large a tolerant, fair and reasonable people.
Compare us to the Italians, French or Poles in terms of nationalism and racism.
What people are sick and tired of is some foreigners taking the p*ss by committing crimes; claiming asylum when they they have no genune grounds; over staying 'student' visas; running organised criminal networks from card skimming, prostitution and cannabis farms (all dominated by foreign gangs) and demanding that alien practices (Sharia Law, Halal food, bigamy, marrying a cousin) are 'respected' and enshrined in British Law.
People are also sick and tired of sweeping changes being introduced with no (genuine) consultation by the self- serving politicians (no EU referendum; multiculturalism; mass immigration)and the 'meddling classes' telling them that they are 'Little Englanders', 'racists' or 'ignorant' because they want
FAIRNESS.
This is
OUR Country, not a get rich scheme or social experiment by a handful of politicians and an army of hand wringers who live in safe, overwhelmingly white, middle class areas while denouncing everyone who has to deal with the
REAL consequences- from pensioners harrassed by teenagers out into the early hours, to black mothers who have lost their sons to knife and gun crime to young people unable to get a training or a living wage due to migrants accepting lower wages will will go a lot further when they go home, stopping only to claim all their tax back if they do so within a year.
Posted by: Babs, Oxford on 12:17pm Sat 16 Aug 08
Here here Dan, you should be a politician!
Here here Dan, you should be a politician!
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 12:28pm Sat 16 Aug 08
They are annoyed because Gabriel Chamberlain is the best of them.
Broke their mould etc.
They are annoyed because Gabriel Chamberlain is the best of them.
Broke their mould etc.
Posted by: Tom on 2:54pm Sat 16 Aug 08
Oxford is full of vermin like him.
Oxford is full of vermin like him.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 2:58pm Sat 16 Aug 08
It does have a problem with successful criminals.
Highlighted by Mr Gabriel.
It does have a problem with successful criminals.
Highlighted by Mr Gabriel.
Posted by: mandy, la la land on 4:25pm Sat 16 Aug 08
multiculturalism and mass immigration has been great for the u.k.
multiculturalism and mass immigration has been great for the u.k.
Posted by: Tom, Spanking Mandy on 4:35pm Sat 16 Aug 08
[quote][bold]mandy[/bold] wrote:
multiculturalism and mass immigration has been great for the u.k.[/quote] I love it when a women is sarcastic.
mandy wrote:
multiculturalism and mass immigration has been great for the u.k.
I love it when a women is sarcastic.
Posted by: steve, oxford on 9:49am Thu 21 Aug 08
DanOxford - Truer words have never been spoken!! Respect.
DanOxford - Truer words have never been spoken!! Respect.
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