Marcus A. Johnstone – Speeding Solicitor
What the papers did not report:
1. The officer producing the witness statement on the date of the offence made numerous errors. For example:
a. He stated there was street lighting. There was not.
b. He stated there were speed signs in place at the start of the road. There was not.
c. He stated there were repeater signs in place along the road. There was not.
d. He stated he had calibrated the laser gun. He did not.
2. Both officers made new witness statements some 10 weeks later, on the same date, saying the same thing. These later statements were totally different to the earlier statement.
3. Both officers accepted that they lost sight of the car for several miles and several minutes.
4. Both officers claim to have identified the car because of a defective rear light. There was no problem with the light. Jaguar confirmed there was no reported fault or repair.
5. Prior to trial we were told there was no video of the incident. One first officer at trial stated there was no video as it was switched off. The second officer confirmed that the video had been switched on – but it was decided not to keep it!
6. One officer stated he recognised the car because he had never seen a Jaguar XK type car on the road before. Difficult to believe that a traffic officer with 13 years experience had never seen an XK type car before!
7. The alleged offence date was 11.06.11. The NIP stated the offence date as 10.06.11.
8. The officer stated that they caught the car within 2-3 minutes despite being on the opposite carriageway and having to travel 7 miles to catch up (including having to exit a dual carriageway, go round the intersection and back on the other side).
9. The officer driving the police car did not know what speed he was going. The second officer stated 100mph. Can anyone explain how a car travelling at 100mph can catch a car going 147mph?
10. The police officers stated the car braked as it went past – but did not see any brake lights.
11. The police did not see the driver or take the registration number of the car as it went past them.
12. My client was stopped several miles away (driving within the speed limit) because he was driving the same type of car.
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