
An Oxford politician and taxi driver has been fined after being caught driving 53mph in a 30mph zone.
Saj Malik, 57, pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates' Court to the speeding offence, which took place on January 14 on the Oxford Road through Tiddington.
The court ordered Malik to pay a £660 fine and a £264 victim surcharge, and penalised him with five points on his driving licence.
Malik, who serves as a county councillor for Cowley and holds a shadow cabinet role with the Oxfordshire Alliance, defended his driving record in a statement read to the court.
"I am a very experienced taxi driver and in over 20 years I have never received any disciplines on my licence," he stated. He explained that his wife had been suffering from severe heart problems and had called him on the day of the offence saying she could not breathe.
Malik added: "I am aware that this does not excuse my actions, however my state of mind was clouded with concerns of my wife and mother of my children."
This legal penalty follows previous controversy for the politician, who was recently "formally censured" by Oxford City Council. A standards committee found that Malik and a fellow councillor had behaved in an "intimidating, insulting, undermining and denigrating way" toward colleagues during a March 2024 debate regarding traffic filters.
Despite the prior reprimand, Malik successfully retained his Temple Cowley seat in the city council elections earlier this year.

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