letter from police re incident

[dans]

Mate of mine (why do threads on here always start like this ) has had a letter accusing him of driving without due care and attention and failing to stop at the scene of or report an accident. The alleged offences are said to have taken place in a services on the M40 at 1.45 where he had been at around 12.30pm on the day in question.

THe thing is he was not involved in an accident and was in no way driving without due care or attention whilst at the services. He was spending a peaceful day visiting the cotswolds by himself on the day in question, but has nobody to back up the story he has given, how should he deal with the accusation?

Thus far he has got the lawyers to write to the police to clarify the time of the offence and provide further details...

[dans]

Thanks for all the help, problem is he was in the carpark about an hour earlier than the time the offence is supposed to have taken place, so somebody has taken the plate and description and given it to the rozzers.

His lawyers have also advised on jurisdiction with regard to the car park, seems like his best defence despite not having been in any accident is that the police took longer than 14 days to issue a NIP