A dad who paid another man £500 to take his driving theory test for him avoided jail.
Gafour Kadr, from Radcliffe, Bury, had been granted a provisional license but someone else showed up to his theory test.
That man produced Kadr's licence, and staff became suspicious.
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He left after they asked him for more ID documents.
Kadr was later interviewed by police, and claimed he'd been 'duped' after handing over £500 to someone for a training course to help him pass.
But Kadr, of Richmond Walk, Radcliffe, admitted supplying an article for use in a fraud and was handed a suspended prison sentence, the Liverpool Echo reports.
He entered the UK in 2017 and was granted a provisional licence the following year, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
In July that year he booked a test in Southport, but another man showed up.
"Staff at the centre were suspicious and refused to allow the other man to take the test," prosecutor Ben Berkson said.
"The staff asked the man purporting to be Mr Kadr for further identification documents.
"That man left the test centre, informing that he would collect that evidence but in fact did not return."
Kadr was interviewed by police in March 2019.
"His account at that stage was he gave £500 to a third party for the purpose of a training course to assist him with passing the driving test," Mr Berkson said.
"He effectively said he believed he was duped by those who informed him of the training course and actually had no idea that what he was doing was illegal."
Kadr's barrister appealed for him to be spared jail, noting he is a father of four young children and has kept out of trouble since.
Judge Denis Watson, QC, told Kadr it was a 'serious' offence which 'undermines the integrity of the driving test system'.
He said: "The system is designed to ensure that when those people are to start driving do start driving, they are competent.
"Part of that test is to ensure that people are aware of the rules of the road and the prosecution point out that people who don't know the rules of the road put at risk all other road users and pedestrians.
"You gave your provisional licence to somebody else because you didn't believe you could pass the theory test."
Kadr was sentenced to 21 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, as well as 240 hours of unpaid work and a 21 day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.
