An innocent father spent 16 hours in a police cell and four months unable to drive after a devastating clerical error wrongly branded him a disqualified driver.
IT consultant Andrew Lees, aged 47, feared he could go to jail after being arrested while driving his wife’s Kia Sportage near their home – when police checks incorrectly showed he had been banned from the roads.
But the driving offences that triggered the disqualification did not belong to him and had been mistakenly copied onto his DVLA record.
Before his arrest, Mr Lees had repeatedly tried to resolve the issue himself, contacting the Single Justice
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