86-year-old woman

86-year-old woman convicted over single letter error on car insurance papers

An 86-year-old woman from York has been convicted by a fast-track court after she accidentally wrote an F instead of an S on her car insurance registration number. The pensioner, who insured her Suzuki Splash with Swinton Insurance, was prosecuted by the DVLA for keeping an uninsured vehicle on 6 February 2026. She received a three-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay a £26 victim surcharge. The DVLA said it would check her paperwork and seek to overturn the conviction if the typo was to blame.