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@charlie_lcc
It's not fair to totally blame the police for this one. They took the evidence and made it into a case. They must have been reasonable confident that they driver would be convicted.
Part of the problem is that when these cases go to a jury trial a skilled barrister can try to make the jury believe that they, as drivers, might have done something similar if enraged by crazy cyclists etc etc. Very often the Crown Prosecutors lacking the skills to counter this type of defence.
I think everyone here is really pissed off by this verdict, I suspect the police are also pissed off.