‘I want to become an Uber driver. Only problem is I don’t have a driving licence…’

A warehouseman worker who paid a ‘ringer’ £800 to take his driving theory test after failing it 14 times has been given a community order. Mohammad Shoaib, 38, was desperate to become an Uber driver and was deeply embarrassed when he came to be known as the ‘fifth failure’ by colleagues and friends. But his written English was poor and he paid for two impersonators almost 35 times the cost of a test to take his theory for him between…