Larry Daniels wrote:
> If the pay wasn't so bad, this might be a fun job.
Yeah, but it proves that there are stupid judges and stupid cops
everywhere. But it sounds as if justice will prevail afterall, and the
bonehead will be seeking a new career. Probably managing the bumper car
concession in Brighton. Other stories have indicated that his bosses,
while publicly defending the idiot, were not at all thrilled by his
embarassing behavior!
Buster Evans
> On second thought, maybe 159 mph is speeding
> Prosecutor wants to retry cop acquitted of speeding, dangerous driving
> Reuters
> Updated: 6:31 p.m. ET Feb. 3, 2006
>
>
> LONDON - A British traffic officer caught driving at 159 mph but
> cleared by a court of speeding and dangerous driving faces a legal
> move at the High Court in London Wednesday to convict him.
>
> The attorney general will appeal against the acquittal of
> constable Mark Milton and seek a High Court order that the
> advanced police driver should be convicted over his high speed
> blast in the early hours of Dec. 5, 2003.
>
> Milton, a qualified advanced driver, was recorded by an onboard
> camera in his upgraded unmarked Vauxhall Vectra police car
> traveling at 91 mph in a 30 mph zone and hitting 159 mph on the
> M54 motorway. The legal limit in Britain is 70 mph.
>
> Milton's defense, accepted by the local judge in May 2005, was
> that he had taken the car on a test run around Telford,
> Shropshire, where he was based.
>
> The judge said the prosecution had failed to prove beyond
> reasonable doubt that he had driven dangerously and that the car
> was being "used for police purposes" when the incident occurred.
>
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