The pensioner was prosecuted for a six-week period when his car was untaxedAn 86-year-old pensioner with Parkinson’s disease has been convicted in a controversial fast-track court over an unpaid car tax bill of £3.34. He was then convicted at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court last Thursday, and issued with a court order to pay £3.34 in compensation to the DVLA. The case was prosecuted through the Single Justice Procedure (SJP), a controversial fast-track court process where magistrates sit behind closed doors to deal with low level criminal cases. The magistrate in Lincoln convicted and sentenced 60 other defendants in DVLA cases on the same day as the pensioner, imposing fines, costs, court fees, and compensation totalling almost £25,000. According to court data, 1,950 people across England and Wales were prosecuted last week in the Single Justice Procedure for keeping or using a vehicle while their vehicle tax was unpaid.