Cop who tried to dodge speed ticket gets suspended sentence

A police officer who was shopped by his ex-girlfriend for trying to dodge a speeding ticket has been given an 18 month suspended sentence. PC Richard Hammond, 36, had pressured drama teacher Vicky Courtis into lying about the driving offence over fears a conviction could affect his career. Hammond, a firearms officer in the Met Police, was clocked speeding in her Fiat 500 over Tower Bridge in August 2018 and told Ms Courtis to say she did not know who…