‘I got organised criminals to take my theory test after I failed it 14 times’

A warehouse worker paid a ‘ringer’ £800 to take his driving theory test after failing it 14 times, a court heard. Mohammad Shoaib, 38, was deeply embarrassed when he came to be known as the ‘fifth failure’ by colleagues and friends. His desperation led him to pay for two impersonators almost 35 times the cost of a test to take his theory for him between 30 December 2021 and 5 January 2022. Stephen Thomas, prosecuting, told City of London Magistrates’…