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The businessman who was given a Fixed Penalty Notice by Ayr police in October for blowing his nose while his van was stationary in traffic with its hand-brake on has had the case against him dropped after he refused to pay the £60 fine.
What a shame that the case was dropped for, in the tradition of AP Herbert’s ‘Misleading Cases’, it would have been fun to have heard the modern equivalent of Albert Haddock arguing his case in front of Mr Justice Swallow.
But there is no fun in the Procurator Fiscal’s Office who said officiously, ‘After further enquiry and careful consideration of all the facts and circumstances of this case, the procurator fiscal has decided that no further action is required.’
Not a word about why they couldn’t understand why the man was prosecuted in the first place!
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The businessman who was given a Fixed Penalty Notice by Ayr police in October for blowing his nose while his van was stationary in traffic with its hand-brake on has had the case against him dropped after he refused to pay the £60 fine.
What a shame that the case was dropped for, in the tradition of AP Herbert’s ‘Misleading Cases’, it would have been fun to have heard the modern equivalent of Albert Haddock arguing his case in front of Mr Justice Swallow.
But there is no fun in the Procurator Fiscal’s Office who said officiously, ‘After further enquiry and careful consideration of all the facts and circumstances of this case, the procurator fiscal has decided that no further action is required.’
Not a word about why they couldn’t understand why the man was prosecuted in the first place!
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