A dangerous driver helped to convict himself by posting footage of his crime on Facebook.
Jack Slack filmed himself passing through a red traffic light at 70mph before continuing to speed through a town.
The footage, which showed Slack overtaking other vehicles in a dangerous manner, was passed to police the Nottinghamshire Police Safety Camera Partnership by a member of the public on 30 October 2024.
A police officer was then able to trace the exact time and location of the offence by matching Slack’s registered VW Polo to traffic data recorded at the time of the incident in Mansfield three days earlier.
As Slack, 21, approached a junction, the footage showed his digital speedometer reading 71mph. Later in the clip, the car reaches a speed of 75mph as Slack continues to drive recklessly.
Slack admitted to being the driver after responding to a second notice of intended prosecution letter, but declined to answer any questions put to him at a subsequent police interview.
After initially pleading not guilty, Slack, of Beeston, Nottingham, admitted dangerous driving.
Earlier this month, a Nottingham Crown Court judge sentenced Slack to eight‑months in prison, suspended for two years. He was also banned from driving for 18 months and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
Jack Slack’s speedometer showed him travelling at 71mph as he approached the red lights
Slack will need to pass an extended driving test before getting behind the wheel again.
PC Dean Melbourne, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: ‘It’s unusual that offenders convict themselves in this way, but that is exactly what Slack did when he chose to post this alarming and incriminating footage online.
‘I can only assume he thought his actions were in some way worthy of boasting about. In reality, they placed multiple lives in danger – including his own.
‘As he has just found out to his cost, we take an extremely dim view of this kind of behaviour – as do the courts.’
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