Woman, 25, tried to frame sister when she was caught drug-driving at 100mph on motorway – despite having no licence
A WOMAN tried to frame her sister when she was caught drug-driving at 100mph on the motorway.
Aneesha Khan, 25, did not even have a valid licence when she got behind the wheel of a pal’s Seat Leon.
She gave her sister’s name when she was stopped by cops on the M6 while three-and-a-half times the drug-drive limit for cannabis.
Sister Naila had no idea until she received a court notice in the post several weeks later and contacted police.
Khan pleaded guilty to drug driving, perverting the course of public justice and driving without a driving licence.
She swerved a jail sentence and was instead handed a 12 month sentence suspended for 18 months.
Chester Crown Court heard Khan had been banned from driving for six months in January last year but was entitled to get her licence back that July.
The former criminology student failed to do so but still got in the Seat on August 20.
A police officer ordered her to stop and tailed her to a nearby service station.
Prosecutor Peter Hussey said: “When he spoke to her she was asked her details and she gave the name of Naila Khan, her address in Leeds and a mobile phone number.
“The officer describes how the defendant appeared relaxed but under the influence of something. Her concentration span was short. Her speech was slow and slurred and her eyes were glazed.”
Sister Naila later spoke to police after receiving a court summons and told them she had been home all night.
Officers established Khan had actually been driving the car, and she later admitted to her lies during a police interview.
Naila later wrote a letter to the judge saying her sister was ”selfless” and that the whole family was standing by her.
In her own defence, Khan claimed her friends ”pressured” her to drive the Seat and give her sister’s details in the event she was stopped.
As well as a suspended jail sentence, she was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and ten days of rehabilitation activity.
Judge Michael Leeming told her: “Your decision to pretend to be your sister hindered the investigation and took valuable police time and resources as well as causing your sister difficulty, I have no doubt.
“One thing about your sister Naila, she makes no reference to the impact on her. Instead she says one of your most admirable qualities is your selflessness.
“It seems that you did not give your sister a thought other than to provide her name to get you out of a situation. You showed very little regard for your sister but she has forgiven you.
”There is some remorse, a lack of maturity and that you have no experience of custody. There seems to be a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.”