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'Pc lied about car chase to avoid speed fine'

By John Hirst

'Pc lied about car chase to avoid speed fine'

"A police firearms specialist faces jail after inventing a bogus car chase in an attempt to avoid a speed camera offence.

Richard Holding switched on the blue lights of his police Range Rover when he realised he was going too fast through a speed trap.

He then searched through the police computer to find a nearby emergency incident that he could claim to have been answering.

The computer showed that a Citroën car had been driven erratically in the same area at the same time and Holding claimed to have been pursuing it as a suspected vehicle.

But his plot fell apart when colleagues checked his story. They discovered that information about the Citroën had never been broadcast to police cars so he could not have known about the incident".

I think it is pathetic that it was claimed that Holding was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. His response was over the top. He attempted to dodge a relatively minor offence and ended up committing a serious offence of perverting the course of justice.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).