Originally Posted by Redkop
The facts which have been proved to be true, were that...
He was not officially testing the car under proper training supervision in controlled circumstances with a trainer present
He was doing it without authorisation.
He had told no-one of his intentions.
Also West Mercia Police rules for testing cars in controlled situations, clearly state, that speeds in excess of 120mph are not permitted.
Those are facts - which are not acceptable to break.
That's what West Mercia Police are claiming but there is a clear issue here that Milton is claiming that they have never policed these rules in the past. His defence team are basically claiming that West Mercia are trying to wash their hands of a serious lack of control regarding these policies.
The whole case can go down one of two routes. We do the typically British thing of going on a witch hunt and publically shaming PC Milton, all get our kick from knocking yet another public figure down and the problems carry one. Or we address a far more serious issue that the West Mercia police force itself may suffer from a lack of control, perhaps even corruption.
One fact that we can be sure of is that Milton was acquitted originally and that's for a reason. I personally suspect it was because West Mercia don't want flaws in their own system getting media attention, but we'll see as the facts develop.
Something interesting is this story posted by a member of MIG.
He works here in Telford Shropshire! He pulled me over for speeding once in a "fast response" vehicle, Its a panda car but instead of being a Diesal Astra its a vectra. Anyways, he said he caught me doing 50mph in a 30 zone. My Dad was in the car,I was doing 30.....I said what proof have you got and his answer was he saw it on the speedo. I said see you in court buddy! It did go to court and I was found "Not Guilty" because he couldnt remember half the stuff that happened. It happened in October and he wrote his court statement in April, my lawyer jumped on that fact alone! His name is Mark Milton if I remember, what a prat. He was laffin when we were waiting in court but I had the last laff.