A DELIVERY driver was banned from the roads when bungling court staff confused him with a crook of the same name.
Matthew Jones, 23, got a letter saying he had been sentenced for stealing a car and driving without a licence or insurance.Delivery driver Matthew Jones was banned from the road after cops confused him for a criminal of the same nameand Cardiff Magistrates Court – only to be told that he should be in prison and they can’t discuss his case.
After seven weeks the dad-of-one got officials to realise they had mixed him up with a man with the same name and birth date who had one digit difference in his driving licence number. The nonsense row meant had to turn down a dream job as a bus driver and was left unemployed for four months.“I rang Cardiff court up and at first they refused to speak to me saying I should be in prison serving a 16-week sentence.MOST READ IN NEWS