A COMPANY director fitted a laser jammer to his Range Rover - and then made rude gestures as he drove past police safety cameras.

Timothy Hill, 67, threw the device in a river by his home in North Yorkshire when he discovered an investigation was underway.

He also lied about where the vehicle was when police tracked him down - and claimed he was working 60 miles away at the time.

But after appearing in court he has been jailed for eight months and banned from driving for a year.

Hill, from Grassington, drove past police camera vans on the A19 near Easingwold, Thirsk and Crathorne on three occasions.

Each time he was photographed gesturing at the camera with his middle finger. Police also detected the jammer on his car.

After officers visited his home and interviewed him, he admitted he was the driver and he had fitted the device to his car.

Police were unable to ascertain his speed but charged him with perverting the course of justice, to which he pleaded guilty at Teesside Crown Court.

Traffic Constable Andrew Forth, said: “If you want to attract our attention, repeatedly gesturing at police camera vans with your middle finger while driving a distinctive car fitted with a laser jammer is an excellent way to do it."