What excuse did Mohammed give to the police about the prostitute sat in his car?

(England) When the police pounced on Muhammad Ikhlaq as he was withdrawing £20 out of an ATM, they asked him why a well known lady of the night was sat in his car in a red-light area of Walsall. He replied

that he had offered her a lift because she was directing him to a shop to buy tomatoes.

Magistrates said Iklaq’s story was ‘not credible’ and ordered him to pay a £400 fine, £625 costs and a £40 victim surcharge.

Expensive tomatoes or what?