“...I see” said the blind man, who could not see at all

Whilst there has been much comment over recent days regarding David Blunket's autobiography, which has been serialised in the national papers - detailing, in varying degrees, blind stupidity, love blindness and general blind panic on occasions (how else would you describe the fact that he allegedly told the head of HM Prisons to “machine-gun” the rioting inmates) - the following story has similar components but in a totally different set of circumstances.

A blind and deaf man who cannot drive has been sent a £60 speeding fine.

Police claimed Martyn Styles, 42, who says he has never sat behind the wheel of a car, was caught in a speed trap doing 36 mph in a 30 mph area in Hull.

Mr Styles, of Tunbridge Wells, was also told he would have three points put on his licence - even though he doesn't have one. He said his wife Dawn drives their Renault Scenic Privilege but on the day of the offence the family was at their nine-year-old son's school - 180 miles from Hull.