In addition to this the Metropolitan Police have now sought to justify
their earlier decision not to refer the case to the CPS by reference
to (amongst other immaterial matters), and I quote:
“• Mr MASON (Deceased) was wearing dark clothing, the collision having
taken place during hours of darkness.
• Mr MASON was not wearing a cycle helmet, the cause of death being
head injury.”
I know the Met can be a pretty inept and incompetent bunch of fuckwits, but they really seem to be going above and beyond on that case, to the point where even I start to wonder what's really behind it. Surely even the Met can't consistently be that useless and cack-handed?
Taken from this link, http://road.cc/content/news/146173-incomprehensibly-callous-met-slammed-michael-mason%E2%80%99s-family-plan-private , it seems one of the reasons for the Met not to refer this case to the CPS was the lack of helmet ...