A HAMPSHIRE motorist today lost his right-to-silence appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over his speed camera convictions.
Judges in Strasbourg decided by 15 to two that Idris Francis and another motorist did not have their human rights breached.
Mr Francis, from West Meon, and Londoner Gerard O'Halloran claimed that forcing car owners to reveal who was behind the wheel of a vehicle caught speeding breaches their human rights.
Mr Francis, a retired company director, refused on the grounds that he had the 'right to silence' and was fined for failing to comply, with three penalty points being put on his licence.
Judges in Strasbourg heard the case last September and have been considering the matter ever since.
After hearing the verdict Mr Francis, 67, said after learning of the ruling today: ''This is a perverse decision and I am shocked and amazed.''
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