"I understood my car was fully insured with Swinton Insurance, from April 1 2025 to March 31 2026. I did not notice the registration printed wrongly. Had an F instead of an S."
"All the paperwork for insurance has been found to be one letter incorrect. No-one had picked up on this. I am now helping her with her paperwork as we (the family) did not know it had got to the stage where she can't cope."
An 86-year-old woman from York was convicted after mistakenly writing an 'F' instead of an 'S' on her car insurance papers, invalidating her coverage. Despite her and her niece's explanations to magistrates, she was convicted in a fast-track court. The DVLA was alerted by reporters and plans to review her case, potentially overturning the conviction if the typo is confirmed as the cause. The woman believed her car was insured from April 2025 to March 2026.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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