Jamie Spence, 52, is convicted and fined after Essex Police see him sounding a vehicle horn outside Braintree train station in Essex. The incident takes place on December 4 last year, when an officer spots Spence tooting his horn to get a friend’s attention. Spence is charged with sounding an unauthorised audible warning instrument on a vehicle. Multiple reports say he pleads guilty to the charge.
As a result, the court imposes a financial penalty of £266. Reporting across outlets also describes the case as resulting in a criminal record for Spence, not only a fine. The accounts focus on the specific circumstances of the horn being used in a public area near the station and the formal legal charge relating to the use of an unauthorised audible warning instrument. The coverage does not indicate that there is any wider allegation beyond the horn incident itself.
