Woman’s offensive C-bomb bumper sticker almost landed her in jail

Georgia Venables says she was repeatedly stopped by the same prim PC who told her the C-word could cause offence (Picture: SWNS)

A driver hauled to court over a bumper sticker saying ‘don’t be a c**t’ has criticised the jobsworth police officer who keep pulling her over.

Georgia Venables, 29, plastered her Peugeot 108 with X-rated stickers to try and ‘give my car a bit of personality and humour’.

But she says she was repeatedly stopped by the same prim PC who told her the C-word could cause offence.

She was even charged with displaying signs likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and faced trial next week.

However, the case has now been dropped following a review by the CPS.

Georgia said: ‘I am so relieved. I’ve been stopped over a previous sticker in the past and the officer asked me to remove it – which I did.

‘But this time, I was stopped for no reason and told that I was going to be summoned to court. It was the same officer both times.’

Georgia plastered her Peugeot 108 with X-rated stickers to try and ‘give my car a bit of personality and humour’ (Picture: SWNS)

Georgia, from Cheshire, said she spent £80 decorating her hatchback with 40 ‘rogue’ stickers over the past two years.

‘I put them on as I liked how they looked – I never put them on to offend anyone,’ she added.

‘It gave my car a bit of personality and humour.’

Among the off-colour collage are images of Donald Duck giving the middle finger and Yoda beside the words ‘If my driving offends you F off’.

Others read ‘shit box certified’ and ‘caution – watch out for the idiot behind me’.

Georgia said her neighbours and work colleagues never had an issue and found them ‘funny’.

She said: ‘I once had an old man outside a supermarket standing reading them and chuckling.

‘He said I had a good sense of humour.’

Georgia said her neighbours and work colleagues never had an issue and found them ‘funny’ (Picture: SWNS)

But the smile was wiped off her face when they landed her in court facing a public order offence and up to six months in prison.

She said: ‘It wasn’t a nice thing to go through. I feel that I was targeted because this same officer has pulled me over a few times.

‘I always removed them when I was told to. I have made a complaint against a different officer in the past, but nothing happened so this time, I left it.

‘I just want the police to leave me alone so I can go about my life because I do like to go for a night drive.

‘It’s the freedom that helps my mental health, but the police pull me over and it’s happened so many times that they know me by my first name.’

A Cheshire Police spokesman said: ‘We can’t comment on individual cases.

‘However, we can reassure residents that all stop checks are conducted fairly, responsibly, with respect for people being searched and without unlawful discrimination.

‘All checks are also conducted in line with the national guidance.’

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