£15k speed fine couple fighting on

May 1 2009 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A COUPLE hit with a £15,000 court bill after waging a failed battle against a £60 speeding ticket are continuing their fight.

Expert physicist Iain Fielden and wife Vikki were ordered to pay the huge costs by a judge at Bradford Crown Court last June after failing in their appeal against a speeding fine dating back to June 2006.

It was believed to be the costliest speed camera case ever brought in the UK.

But, nearly three years after they were trapped by the camera at New Mill Road in Brockholes, the Sheffield couple are refusing to let the matter lie.

They are risking even further expense by lodging an appeal with the High Court.

Dr Fielden said: “It is a worry, but this is a matter of principle.”

Mrs Fielden, 49, was clocked driving at 36mph in a 30mph zone on June 4 2006 when the couple were returning home after visiting friends in Honley.

She was issued with a £60 fixed penalty notice and given three penalty points.

But Dr Fielden, who works for Sheffield Hallam University and has won awards for his work studying light, said the reading was wrong because the camera was positioned on a bend in the road.