Police worker mistakenly fines himself over untaxed car Published duration 21 March 2018

image copyright PA image caption A letter threatening court action was addressed to the police employee

A police worker who unwittingly prosecuted himself for having an untaxed vehicle has been mocked by colleagues online.

West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit said the man had "managed to fill a form in incorrectly" - seemingly putting his own name on the paperwork rather than the actual offender.

In a letter from the DVLA he was told to pay £81 or face court action.

The letter appears to have been posted to a police station in Bradford.

The Roads Policing Unit posted: "To the great amusement of the rest of the office, one of our colleagues managed to fill a form in incorrectly, and prosecuted himself for driving an untaxed vehicle!"