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RESPONSIBLE HAS BEEN ADMONISHED AND ON 22 OCTOBER THE POLICE SENT - A FULL APOLOGY TO THE SON WHO WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE PAPERS HAD BEEN SENT TO THE CORONER. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INFORMED, ON 1 OCTOBER, IN ANSWER TO HIS ORIGINAL REQUEST, THAT THE POLICE DID NOT INTEND TO PROSECUTE BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE.

LEGAL DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS THE POLICE VIEW THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CAR DRIVER.

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