Police officers caught speeding in biker blitz near Garrowby Hill
A policeman was caught riding his Triumph motorbike at 84mph in a 60mph zone during a bank holiday blitz on speeding bikers.
PC Thomas Holliday, 27, was riding a Triumph 650 and his colleague PC Paul McGuigan, 45, was on a Honda 1000 during a summer bank holiday when they were recorded for just over a mile on the A166, west of Garrowby Hill, near Pocklington.
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The speed trap was part of a joint Humberside and North Yorkshire Police bank holiday operation, code-named Achilles, which was aimed at catching speeding bikers on country lanes.
The officers' average speed in a 60mph zone was 84mph, Hull Crown Court was told.
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When stopped, they said they were off-duty officers on their way to Bridlington via the Fridaythorpe biker's café.
They were offered the choice of completing a rider referral course as a direct alternative to a fixed fine, a court summons or penalty points on their licences.
Holliday, a police off-road motorcyclist, of South Milford, took the course.
McGuigan, of Birkenshaw, Bradford, denied doing 84mph and appealed against conviction, which was heard at Hull Crown Court.
He was found guilty at an earlier hearing at Bridlington Magistrates' Court of speeding and given four points, a £300 fine and ordered to pay £300 costs and a £15 victims' surcharge.
Judge David Tremberg told the appeal hearing there was no mistake the pair were speeding.
He ordered McGuigan to pay a further £415 costs to the crown court on top of his initial points fine and costs.
Comments
by ispy3
Monday, September 24 2012, 12:35AM
“Lambwath Road, Lancaster Drive, Hathersage Road is where find lots of camera cars and they are
there not for speeding motorists, they belong to the dwp and ironically it's only the dwp thickos that drive up and down at twice the speed limit reckoning to be carrying out surveillance at twice the speed limit.”
by Strangley
Thursday, September 20 2012, 10:18AM
“84mph on that road? They were taking it fairly steady then.”
by PerrryFarrrel
Thursday, September 20 2012, 8:27AM
“If the police think it's safe to do 84mph why can't we all.
It is hardly a 60mph zone that is the "national" speed limit.”
by Weekslider
Thursday, September 20 2012, 4:52AM
“Two police officers get caught riding their motorbikes doing average 84mph on a 60mph road, and oneof them was a police offroad motorcyclist?...you'd have though he should have known better..poetic justice!”
by Mildred
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 11:59PM
“While I agree with the key point of your message Kewstu, "McGuigan, of Birkenshaw, Bradford" - unlikely to work for Humberside don't you think????”
by Kewstu
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 9:34PM
“Surely Humberside Police have to question the Honesty and Integrity of PC McGuigan and should seriously think about sacking him for lying in court.”
by johnniebj
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 7:59PM
“Yes!!”
by Neddyfonk
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 7:22PM
“Dont think fluttering their eyes and stating they were off-duty officers helped them get off. Our police need to be squeaky clean nowadays.”
by Scoff_Cruddle
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 1:52PM
“They were expensive cups of tea! Maybe the wooden tops will think twice next time.”
by Prescotts_Cat
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 1:50PM
“I thought Paul McGuigan was only 3 foot 6. How did he get on the bike?”