By Lara Keay For Mailonline
Published: 16:21 GMT, 11 February 2019 | Updated: 17:17 GMT, 11 February 2019
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A businessman has been jailed after he tricked a speed camera by attaching a jamming device to the front of his BMW.
Michael Twizell managed to outsmart a police safety camera van parked on the side of the A658 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire with his laser jamming device last February.
Police launched a probe when the camera system flashed up with an error message - suggesting someone had tampered with it.
The 58-year-old who lives in a large £400,000 house in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was sentenced to three months in prison at York Crown Court today and ordered to pay a £1,500 fine for perverting the course of justice.
The jamming device works by blocking the signal used to monitor how fast cars are travelling.
Michael Twizell managed to outsmart a police safety camera van parked on the side of the A658 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Twizell (pictured with racing driver Tiff Needell) was sentenced to three months in prison at York Crown Court today and ordered to pay a £1,500 fine for perverting the course of justice
Michael Twizell managed to outsmart a police safety camera van parked on the side of the A658 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire last February by attaching a jamming device (circled below) to his BMW 3-series, triggering an error message (circled above)
