The sticky brown stuff is about to hit the fan

[mybrainhurts]

From a mailing list...........

When this gets out, how can photo evidence ever be acceptable again??

"Spot the difference between the two numberplates !

What Northants police have done is erase the original virtually illegible
numbers and letters, inverted the image and then typed in (in Photoshop or
similar) what they thought was the right reg number, mucked it about a
bit to blend in with the negative image and hoped no-one would notice.
Fortunately for me they cocked the number up, but you do have to ask
youself - how often does this happen ? In a not-so-blatant example, if
they got the reg number right who would notice ?

My solicitor says that the charges will certainly be thrown out, and when
they are, we will insist that the police/cps pursue whoever perpetrated
the forgery.

What a bunch of crooks !

[mybrainhurts]

If I understand the circumstances correctly, the quote is from a private mailing list (trustworthy source), and the victim is a pro photographer.

The pics are his demonstration of the doctoring process, not the Scamera "evidence".

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jeffreyarcher said:

Unless the accusation is that they made up a photo incorrectly with the wrong number, purely to submit as evidence, because the original did not show the number without enhancement, and no one picked the error up. If that is the allegation, there must be thousands of these in Northants. After all, what are the odds against someone making such mistake and it not being picked up? Pretty high, I would have thought.

Yes, that's what is alleged to have happened.

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Toffer said:

There is absolutely no need to forge anything...there are too many legitamate camera witnessed speeding offences to process!

Unless some staffer's on commission, or wants to get a particular car........??

And don't forget, this is a photo they had to produce for the victim. They couldn't offer a duff image, could they?

>> Edited by mybrainhurts on Monday 29th December 00:40