A judge slammed police who called in their force plane in a bid to prove a motorist committed a minor traffic offence. Officers used the Cheshire Police Piper Highlander plane to photograph road markings from the air to help prosecute Steven Tarry. Mr Tarry, 50, who works as a Frank Sinatra impersonator, was accused of being spotted by officers using a mobile phone while driving, which carries a three-point penalty and a £60 fine, and veering over a white line on a junction of the A55 – a charge which also carries a £60 fine. But when he contested the charges, police got the force plane to fly over the scene to take an aerial picture. The case was eventually kicked out of court and the judge has criticised police for wasting public money. More
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Feb 042010
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