anyone else seen the story. and did he really do it?
A boy racer who boasted that he had set a new record for driving the 837-mile journey between Land’s End and John O’Groats has been cleared of criminal charges. to do it it the time claimed he would have to average 89mph
Thomas Davies claimed to have made the 841 mile journey from the furtherst southwest and northeast corners of the UK in nine hours and 36 minutes back in September 2017, a court heard.
But after going public with his record, the 29-year-old was prosecuted for two counts of dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice.
he has been on trial at Truro Crown Court this week but was today cleared by a jury.
Prosecutors alleged he had used two transponders to detect upcoming speed cameras, and also had fake Irish number plates on the car.
Truro Crown Court heard police raided Davies home in Corwen, North Wales and examined at his silver Audi Quatro car.
They found an 80 litre fuel tank in the boot of his Audi S5 coupe and four transponders hidden under the registration plates.
The court heard these are used as jammers to warn of speed cameras and police vehicles.
Prosecutor Ryan Murray told the jury that Davies used illegal methods by fitting the equipment to break the record without being caught speeding on the trek along motorways and main roads.
But defence witness and speed camera expert William Campbell, a retired traffic cop, said none of the equipment in Davies’ car ‘could have prevented the fixed speed camera activiating’.
As it was Davies was given a £100 fine for speeding by police in Scotland and cameras in Cheshire and the West Midlands snapped a a similar looking car but with the fake plates, the registered owner could not be traced.
Much of the evidence was from experts who examined cell phone evidence, car tracking systems, navigation and speed cameras.
Davies, who defended himself in court, denied two charges of dangerous driving and two of doing acts intended to pervert the course of justice.
He was discharged by the judge at the end of four hours of jury deliberation