A former magistrates’ court clerk has become the first person to be prosecuted and convicted under the U.K. Bribery Act, after he admitted accepting a £500 bribe to “get rid” of a speeding charge.

Munir Patel pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court last Friday to bribery and misconduct in public office during his employment as an administrative clerk at London’s Redbridge Magistrates’ Court.