mangogrooveworkshop
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 posted on 17/3/07 at 03:53 AM |
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THERES US :) AND THEM :(
159mph policeman wins legal challenge
By Telegraph Reporter
Last Updated: 2:06am GMT 17/03/2007
A police officer "with unusual driving skills" has won his High Court bid to appeal his conviction for dangerous driving after reaching
speeds of up to 159mph in an unmarked patrol car.
Pc Mark Milton
Pc Mark Milton at an earlier hearing
Pc Mark Milton, of Telford, Shropshire — described as the “creme de la creme” of police drivers — was found guilty last August following his second
trial for the offence after the High Court overturned his original acquittal.
District Judge Peter Wallis, sitting at Ludlow Magistrates’ Court, found him guilty after ruling that his expertise as a Grade 1 advanced police
driver was “irrelevant” to whether or not his driving was dangerous.
But Lady Justice Smith and Mr Justice Gross, sitting at London’s High Court, said the district judge had “misdirected himself”.
They sent the case back to him to decide whether “Pc Milton’s unusual driving skills were such as to make a crucial difference to the dangerousness of
his driving”.
Lady Justice Smith said: “It seems to me that this matter is of considerable importance to both sides of the dispute.”
At Pc Milton’s first trial, District Judge Bruce Morgan acquitted him of dangerous driving and speeding charges in April 2005. In reaching his
verdict, Judge Morgan noted that two police officers who gave evidence for the prosecution, including West Mercia Police’s senior driving instructor,
had declined to classify the defendant’s driving as dangersous.
A retrial was ordered before Judge Wallis when the High Court ruled that Judge Morgan had misdirected himself. Pc Milton’s second trial at Ludlow
Magistrates’ Court was shown footage taken from the camera fitted to a West Mercia Police Vauxhall Vectra. Milton, 40, was seen travelling at more
than 100mph on A-roads and up to 159mph on the M54 during the early hours of December 5, 2003.
Pc Milton claimed he was only “honing his skills” as he was trained to do.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 17/3/07 at 04:31 AM |
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And there's:
LocostBuilders » Forum » Anything else » One rule for them ....
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marcjagman
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| posted on 17/3/07 at 01:33 PM |
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And people wonder why there is no respect for the legal system in this country.
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 17/3/07 at 04:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
And there's:
LocostBuilders » Forum » Anything else » One rule for them ....
Yeah but to be fair, I'd rather read the same post with Mango's avatar 
Roadkill - Lee
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