no

It was on the bbc, I remember reading it

Found bits of it elsewhere though

"An even more striking example of the biased way in which the law in such cases in interpreted relates to the killing of 81 year old pensioner Harry Nelson by Liverpool footballer Steve Finnan in Liverpool on 27 January 2005. Crash inspectors calculated that Finnian was travelling at 58 Mph in a 30 Mph zone when he overtook a taxi which itself was speeding and hit the pensioner who was on the other side of the road. Nelson died later of complications brought about by the severe head injuries and leg fractures he sustained. Finnian denied his responsibility saying in court "It has gone through my mind plenty of times, certainly there is nothing I feel I could have done... I don't feel responsible and there's nothing I could do." (Nothing other than travelling within the legal limit and refraining from making dangerous overtaking manoeuvres, perhaps). The police only bothered to investigate the crash after the pensioner died and no charges whatsoever were brought against Finnian, quite possible because the failure of the police to act meant there was insufficient evidence collected to bring a prosecution."

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Discussed on some forums after typing Steve Finnan 30mph zone

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I think the bbc probably removed that bit to avoid the obvious questions of "why can something be unavoidable and an accident when said person is breaking the law?"

Posted By: pants on March 2nd 2006 at 14:50:28

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