Bruce Burgess got a little egg on his face today after he was given 180 hours of community service and a suspended sentence for lying regarding a speeding issue to the police. The punch line is the fact that Burgess is a polygraph expert who offers website tests that are supposed to help establish innocence.
Burgess is from Surrey and was caught by a CCTV speeding over the 30mph limit on August 31st of 2009 but instead of admitting that he was speeding he told police that he was not driving the vehicle when it went through the intersection. Later, he pled guilty to lying and received sentencing at a Portsmouth crown court.
As a result of his action he now has a disqualified license, a £250 fine for speeding, three points on his license, and costs that total up to £1,250.
An officer with the Hampshire safety camera partnership, Mick Gear, stated that although it turned into a criminal matter, Burgess offence simply started out as a speeding ticket. He continued to say that it would have been easy to deal with the speeding offence instead of facing a possible prison sentence so his advice to others is not to try it.
Burgess has worked with many famous TV programs over the years including Jerry Springer, Jeremy Kyle, and Trisha. He also provides his services to private customers and states that he has helped prove many people innocent over the years of untrue allegations that were made against them.
