Penalty for driver is reduced

AN ARMY reservist given nine points on his licence after a near-collision with a police car has had the penalty reduced on appeal to enable him to carry on working.Oliver Wilkinson, 35, had been given nine points and a £600 fine after being convicted of careless driving by Bodmin magistrates in November but appealed against the sentence.At his appeal hearing on Thursday at Truro Crown Court Ramsay Quaife, for the prosecution, said police received a call from a driver concerned about an...