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Originally Posted by Derek
Dropped by the PF despite protests by the Police who issued a press release clearly stating there was more to the story than had been reported.
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Yes, and that's all we know, so it's not that obvious the guy was talking utter pants at all. All we have is a claim there was more to it, and the fact that the case was dropped does not give a lot of weight to that claim.
The fact that the fine was handed out by PC 'shiny buttons' Stuart Gray who earlier fined a man £50 for dropping a £10 note doesn't help credibility either.
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Originally Posted by times
Matters became “a little bit surreal”, he said, when he wound down his window and was promptly charged by the stern-faced PC Stuart Gray, a man known locally as “Shiny Buttons” in recognition of his zealous attention to detail. “I honestly thought it was a joke,” said Mancini, 39, who was booked for failing to be in control of his vehicle.
“I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding’. But he was absolutely deadpan. He’s a policeman, so you’re not going to start shouting abuse at him. I thought, ‘What is the world coming to?’ You pick the papers up every day and they are full of horror stories — but this bloke has nothing more to do with his time.”
PC Gray earned notoriety for doling out a £50 fine to Stewart Smith, another Ayr man, who dropped a £10 note from his back pocket. Mr Smith was charged with littering.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle7007172.ece
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Cases get dropped all the time for various reasons. My point stands, this has all come from one man whose version of events has been accepted without any question or corroboration.
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True, but I'm not so sure if the police grapevine is necessarily a more trustworthy source.
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Interview with Mr. White on
youtube. As has been said: he
seems eminently reasonable.