Monday, April 23, 2001

Trial by CCTV Source: Trial by CCTV claims innocent victim, by Kieren McCarthy 19 Apr 2001 Allan Dunne was arrested, publicly accused of being a criminal, and lost his job because he took 20 pounds out of his own account from a cash machine. He was caught on CCTV making the transaction shortly just after a thief had used the same cash machine. The footage was shown on Granada TV's Crimefile show. Allan went to the police with records from his own bank account, but was arrested and suspended from his job. Evidence that CCTV is not perfect? [M Taylor via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 36] 0:00 # G!