Charlie Alliston, who was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in a young offender institution in connection with the death of London pedestrian Kim Briggs, could reportedly face a charge of perjury after claiming under oath at his trial last month that he was an experienced bike courier.

He told the Old Bailey at his trial that he had spent eight months working as a courier in London, making up to 20 deliveries a day.

Alliston had apparently been seeking to convince the jury that his experience meant that he was able to control the bike safely.

He claimed while giving evidence that he had worked for three different firms.

One, Go Between Couriers, said that he had worked for them for one day but never came back while a second, A-Z Couriers, confirmed that he had spent a week working there.

A third firm, Pink Express, ceased trading in 2014, a year before the time Alliston said he worked for them.

At the Old Bailey yesterday, Judge Wendy Joseph said: “I have now been advised that Mr Alliston was not telling the truth about his courier experience.”

In England & Wales the offence of perjury, created under the Perjury Act 1911, carries a maximum penalty of seven years’ imprisonment or a fine, or both

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Bring back the stocks i say .

The pillory, too: