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| [To the Chief
Crown Prosecutor |
| CPS Area Office] |
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201 Middle
Avenue |
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Sometown |
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Anyshire. |
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| [Today's Date] |
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| Your Reference.
xxxxxx |
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| Dear Sir |
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Re:- Request for
Information. |
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| I am in receipt
of your Summons [FPN: Fixed Penalty
Notice... or NIP: Notice of Intended Prosecution] regarding an alleged Speeding Offence committed on [date]
by a vehicle [model... displaying the registration number XXXXXX.] |
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Although this is the number plate of my vehicle, I have absolutely no
recollection of being in that vicinity on that day. In addition,
this vehicle is also regularly driven be a number of close friends, family members,
and/or work colleagues: [provide a list if possible] none of which remember being in the area at the time.
We have also checked credit card records to see if anyone bought anything
in that area on the day in question. Unfortunately we have been
unable to identify the driver.
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| I am very anxious
to determine the true facts in this case and offer you my full cooperation
in establishing whether... |
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- This was genuinely my vehicle... [and not a
stolen vehicle displaying false number plates.]
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- If it was my
vehicle... the identity of the driver.
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| In accordance
with the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, I am therefore
writing to request that copies of both photographs taken by your camera
recording the alleged offence should be sent to me so that we can
positively establish... the identity of the vehicle... and the identity of
the driver. In the meantime... the
Form is being returned unsigned as... |
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- None of the available options
applies in this case.
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- I am therefore, not Legally obliged to sign the
document.
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| If we are unable
to establish a positive identification of both the vehicle and the driver,
I assume that the Summons [FPN: or
NIP] will be withdrawn due to a lack
of evidence. Additionally... in
support of any subsequent defence, I shall also require... |
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- a copy of the Calibration Certificate
and maintenance records for the equipment.
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- a copy of any other evidence that you
intend to rely on in Court.
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| In accordance
with the Act cited above, I will require this evidence not less than seven
days prior to any hearing date. |
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| Thank you for
your assistance in this matter. |
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| Your
faithfully, |
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| A.
Smith. |
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