A doctor has brought 'disgrace on his profession' by creating 'fantasy' letters from the AA saying his car had broken down to avoid parking fines. Dr Vincent Leaper was sentenced to carry out 180 hours of work after he pleaded guilty to offences which happened during a five-year period in the Southampton and Winchester areas. He was also ordered to pay £3,272 court costs and £330 of outstanding parking fines. The medical doctor, who is based for much of the year in Ukraine, attempted to avoid the fines by forging letters from the AA stating his Jaguar car and a hire car had not been moved because it had broken down.Medic was hit with seven parking fines between 2009 and 2014, court heardBut he bought 'fantasy' AA letters to pretend his car had broken downHe has now admitted making false representations and has been finedThe court heard he could be struck off the medical register for the scam
He said that some of the parking offences happened when he spent up to three months at a time in the _ working as a doctor in the conflict zone as well as looking after his child.