Oxford politician caught speeding at 53mph in a 30mph road

Saj Malik, who is a taxi driver by day, was caught speeding in a Toyota Corolla on the Oxford Road through Tiddington near Thame on January 14.

The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 29, the court said.

Malik, of Mary Price Close in Headington, was issued with a £660 fine and his driver’s licence was endorsed with five penalty points, the court confirmed.

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He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £264.

The taxi driver is a county councillor for Cowley and retained his Temple Cowley seat at this year’s city council elections.

Saj Malik. (Image: Oxford City Council)

He is also the shadow cabinet member for resources with the Oxfordshire Alliance.

Malik has been contacted for a response.

The court fine is not the first time the councillor has found himself in trouble, having been ‘formally censured’ by Oxford City Council for his behaviour in a debate about traffic filters.

Alongside fellow Cowley councillor Amar Latif, he was found to have behaved in an “intimidating, insulting, undermining and denigrating way” to officers and councillors by a standards committee in November.

The complaints both came from the Labour leader of the city council Susan Brown and deputy leader Ed Turner, and related to a full council meeting on March 18, 2024.