POLICE in England are handing back 300 fines to drivers after speed guns were found to be wrongly set up.

Lancashire police have been ordered to rescind the fines, including those for drivers on the Fylde, after a probe by an independent police watchdog.

Anti-speed camera campaigners say lives could have been ruined by the faulty cameras as motorists risked bans which could cost them their living.

Driver Stephen Hunter ,of Devonshire Road, Blackpool, received a bill for £185 and had four points removed from his license after being caught by a speed gun on Clifton Drive, South Shore, on July 18 last year.

He said: “This is a very serious thing to have happened.

“Luckily for me, the points I got did not mean I lost my license but it could have for some people and that can be their livelihood gone.

“I was on my way to work at 7.20am when the camera supposedly caught me. I was re-doing my mortgage and my wife was getting ready to go abroad for work so with all that going on I overlooked paying the fine.

“So because it went to court I had to pay £150 with £35 costs. I just accepted it but this shows that actually if you get a speeding ticket perhaps you should question it.

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