Justice in high places !

Nobody likes paying speeding fines - and even less the demerit driving points loss that goes with them. But - there is a way out ! If someone else was driving the car and not the owner - then all that is required is for the owner to sign a statutory declaration advising who the person was that was driving the car when the offence occurred.
Federal court judge Marcus Einfeld (67) did just that to escape several speeding fines - but there was a problem. According to a police investigation the person named died several years before the alleged speeding offence.
Now Einfeld must face court, charged with six counts of perverting the course of justice, three counts of perjury and four of making a false instrument. The most serious of these matters could result in a gaol term of fourteen years.
What amazes most people is that the fine involved is a mere seventy-seven dollars. It seems inconceivable that a man on the salary of a Federal court judge would indulge in criminal activity to avoid such a trifling amount.
It is also a lesson on how things can escalate - and the obvious tale that illustrates that truth concerned the once most powerful man in the world, ex-US president Richard Nixon.
The Watergate break-in was simply a minor crime and one that would normally not attract much attention in the frenzy of a presidential election campaign. What elevated it to national prominence were the lies and deceit employed to try and shift the blame and claim innocence. As the facts evolved more players were gathered in the net - until the ultimate victim became the president himself - leading to the humiliation of a resignation and loss of the highest office in the land.
There must be a moral there somewhere. Unfortunately it seems to fade into the background when the human trait of greed takes centre stage.