A pensioner has been found guilty of jumping a red light - despite his claim he slowed down to let an ambulance pass him on the A52 in Nottinghamshire. But justices found against Frank Wallington's reasoning - and did not have the benefit of hearing his side of the story at his trial at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Monday (April 17).
Wallington, 76, who did not attend, had denied going through a red light on the A52 Grantham Road/Cropwell Road on March 21 last year- claiming he had special reasons. His BMW was driven through the red light at Radcliffe-on-Trent at 1.2 seconds after the light turned to red.
Faith Rowan, prosecuting, told justices at Wallington's trial: "The Crown wish to make it clear to the court that ambulances were not on sirens or lights on that occasion - the defendant had no reason to go through the light as he had done."
