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Below are the news items found in the "Prosecution" category.

Evidence inadmissible if camera photos are late [read more]
22-May-06 | Source: Motor Cycle News | Category: Prosecution
Comment: This loophole has been law for 40 years which every camera partnership should be aware of - and everyone with a court summons needs to be aware of.
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Speed gun victim cleared after 15 hearings and ?30,000 cost to public [read more]
28-Jan-06 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Prosecution
Comment: Mr Jennings was brave enough to challenge the laser gun and win, but how many other drivers have been wrongly prosecuted?
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Gatsos not tested with motorbikes [read more]
3-Jan-06 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Prosecution, Statistics & Research
Comment: If the Home Office thinks there's nothing unique about motorcycles then perhaps they should consult a 10 year old child who will count the number of wheels and point out the size difference for them.
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Judges support trucker who warned traffic to speed trap [read more]
14-Oct-05 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Prosecution
Comment: More likely the police were upset that Mr Glendinning were scaring the fish away from the fishing net. They had caught 60 motorists speeding on the 70mph road in just one hour. That's ?3600 for an hour's work.
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Rio Ferdinand banned for 3rd time and fined 3 hours? wages [read more]
26-May-05 | Category: Prosecution
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Speeding policeman cleared after evidence disappears [read more]
26-May-05 | Source: Telegraph | Category: Crazy, Prosecution
Comment: A conspiracy or incompetence?
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Exposed loophole overturns speeding ticket in court [read more]
20-May-05 | Source: BBC News | Category: Prosecution
Comment: If you get an NIP check that it says it's sent on behalf of the chief constable.
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159mph police officer cleared of speeding [read more]
18-May-05 | Source: BBC News | Category: Crazy, Prosecution
Comment: How these break-neck speeds cannot be classed as dangerous makes a mockery of our road safety laws. Any decent, tax-paying, licensed and insured driver who?s been prosecuted for speeding just a fraction over the limit, or a relative of an accident victim, must be feeling sick about this.
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Unreliable speed gun casts shadow over speeding convictions [read more]
17-Feb-05 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Prosecution
Comment: If you get zapped by a policeman holding a speed gun you should check if it was a ProLaser III, especially if you don't believe its reading.
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Chief Constable?s driver gets speeding fine [read more]
15-Feb-05 | Source: BBC News | Category: Prosecution
Comment: At least no favours were given to this driver unlike Jack Straw's driver who in 2000 claimed his 103mph speed was to escape a perceived threat to his boss on the M5.
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Blunder over 6500 speeding tickets in North Wales [read more]
26-Nov-04 | Source: ic NorthWales | Category: Prosecution
Comment: Drivers shouldn't be treated like a battery farm who's purpose is to lay golden eggs as this disturbing case shows. Perhaps it's time for Mr Brunstrom to look at the facts and realise that speed cameras cost lives and to rethink his policies.
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Police Chiefs caught speeding, one at 97mph [read more]
21-Nov-04 | Source: BBC News | Category: Prosecution
Comment: The message coming from top police chiefs in the past week is pretty clear: Do as I preach, not as I do. The police wouldn't have been driving so fast if they had considered it to be dangerous which shows that these professional drivers believe the conditions of a road are more important than the fixed speed limit. We agree and think the officiers should stand up and admit it.
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Nurse plans House of Lords appeal over speeding ticket [read more]
24-Oct-04 | Source: ic Birmingham | Category: Prosecution
Comment: Is the CPS so under-worked that they don't have any muggers, burglars, or drug pushers that are worth more of their attention? As violent crime increases across the UK, was it right to drag a nurse of all people through the High Court for a very minor offence which a magistrate had already cleared her of?
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Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Pellow has been banned from driving for 3 months and fined ?150 for speeding at 103mph on the M74.
23-Sep-04 | Source: News & Star | Category: Prosecution
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Golf star Colin Montgomerie escaped a driving ban after the officier who caught him speeding at 96mph failed to turn up to court. The case was dropped.
22-Sep-04 | Source: Scotsman | Category: Prosecution
Comment: Another lucky strike for Monty!
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Van driver angry as he's ticketed for speeding at 58mph in a 60mph zone. Little known law limits large vans to 50mph.
21-Sep-04 | Source: ic Birmingham | Category: Prosecution
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Two men who vandalised 22 speed cameras on the A51 with black and white paint plead guilty and receive 200 hours community service.
2-Sep-04 | Source: BBC News | Category: Prosecution
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Student disproves police's speeding charge [read more]
27-Aug-04 | Source: Daily Record | Category: Prosecution, Crazy
Comment: A student's education has been ruined by a ruthless police force who chased him through the courts based on an unfounded and incorrect allegation. If he hadn't stood up to the police he could have faced a ban and a large fine, but because he defended himself he was left with an even larger cost, no car and no university. Where is the justice in that?
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Pensioner prosecuted for telling drivers to slow down on busy road. [read more]
3-Jun-04 | Source: Daily Mail | Category: Crazy, Prosecution
Comment: Mr Harding was trying to prevent accidents by making drivers slow down, but it's clear that the police favour protecting their revenue from fines instead of saving lives by allowing Mr Harding to perform a public service by getting drivers to slow down and pay attention to the road. It's astonishing and an insult to Mr Harding that the court used a new power created to fight yob culture to punish a senior citizen for a harmless and good willed act.
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1000 magistrates have been convicted of speeding in the past 3 years
21-Mar-04 | Source: Mail on Sunday | Category: Prosecution
Comment: This shows that not only ordinary people but also the judiciary are being penalised by cameras while little is being done to tackle the real threat to road safety (uninsured, unregistered, etc).
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