COMPANY 'ESCAPES' INDICTMENT
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IF the Attorney-General and the Director of
Public Prosecutions had felt that proceedings on indictment had a reasonable chance of success they would certainly have been initiated against FMC Products (Nottingham) Ltd.
This was stated in the Commons last week by Sir Dingle Foot, the Solicitor-General, during the Road Safety Bill discussion.
The court action taken against the firm had been mentioned by Mr. Julian Snow (Labour, Lichfield and Tamworth) who on the previous day had raised the matter with the Attorney-General.
Sir Elwyn Jones, the Attorney-General, said the Director had caused careful and extensive police inquiries to be made and had discussed the case with him on several occasions. They came to the conclusion that, on the evidence available, the only proceedings which could be brought with a sufficient prospect of success against the company and its transport manager were summary proceedings for a contravention of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, The Company had been prosecuted and fined the maximum penalty under the regulationi:•