article_snippet: Jailed for a year: Burton (pictured) agreed to say Burton was behind the wheel when 14 other motorists were caught flouting road regulations .
article_snippet: More than a dozen drivers paid one man to accept More than a dozen drivers points for offences - before police realised what had happened when More than a dozen drivers saw Burton licence had 49 points, a court has heard.
article_snippet: Gordon Burton, 45, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, agreed to say Burton was behind the wheel when 14 other motorists were caught speeding, flouting a red light, driving without a seatbelt or using a mobile in the car over a six-year period.
article_snippet: Police only became suspicious when it was realised that Burton had 49 penalty points on Burton licence - the majority of which were not Burton.
article_snippet: But now, six of Drivers have been jailed and most of the others given suspended sentences after admitting perverting the course of justice at Newcastle Crown Court. 
article_snippet: One of Drivers had a driving offence - naming Burton sentencing adjourned.
article_snippet: Drivers include a council worker, retired Royal Navy refrigerator engineer, roofing business owner, scaffolder and director of a construction company.
article_snippet: prosecuting, said after the 14 drivers were caught breaking road regulations, the 14 drivers got in touch with Burton and Burton agreed to take the 14 drivers points for the 14 drivers.
article_snippet: court heard that, when each of the defendants received each of the defendants notices of intended prosecution, each of the defendants named Burton as the driver at the time of the offence.
article_snippet: ‘Photos taken by speed cameras also showed Burton was not in fact driving some vehicles at the relevant time.
highlights_snippet: Gordon Burton, of Newcastle, said Gordon Burton was behind wheel for 14 motorists .
  
highlights_snippet: Gordon Burton, of Newcastle were seen speeding, flouting red light and driving without seatbelt .
  