Motoring Discussion > Spot the mistake anyone? Legal Questions
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New Wed 26 May 10 17:07 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - Stuu
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281590/Retired-doctor-wearing-cricket-helmet-mowed-man-thought-tailgating-him.html?ITO=1708&referrer=yahoo

Good story as it contains road rage, an OAP and a cricket helmet. But can you spot the mistake in the story?
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New Wed 26 May 10 18:23 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - Notdoctorchris
Dr. Hall and Mr. Grainge are both the same person but with their hair dyed differently.
I believe this to be a variation on the story of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, except in this case the protagonists attack each other.
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New Thu 27 May 10 10:02 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - Cliff Pope
Observe that they both have the same first name (Anthony) and that their surnames each mean a large country house.
Dr Anthony Hall lives at the Grange, and Mr Anthony Grainge lives at the Hall. Or vice versa.
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New Thu 27 May 10 10:07 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - smokie
"...police, who later arrested Hall at his home where they seized a cricket helmet."

It may be good English, but it's a bit of a melodramatic way of saying they picked up a hat and took it away. Typical Mail stuff.
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New Wed 26 May 10 18:32 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - Iffy
The copy mentions a Renault Berlingo which doesn't exist.

On the face of it, that's a 'mistake', but you don't know where the information came from, so it might not be - in court terms.

As this is a proceeding court case, let's think of an unrelated example.

Say a witness - who knows nothing about cars - sees an armed robbery and makes a statement to say the getaway car was a Mazda Espace.

No one in the police or CPS spots it, so that statement is used in the court case.

The witness repeats it in evidence and unless it becomes an issue and is challenged, the mistake is never corrected.

And you just never know, the getaway car might have been a Mazda onto which someone had stuck an Espace badge, making the witness correct.

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New Thu 27 May 10 08:00 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - L'escargot
Renault Berlingo at Paris Auto Show 2006. tinyurl.com/384q7ny
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New Thu 27 May 10 15:07 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - Kithmo
Complete with Citroen badge on front
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New Fri 28 May 10 07:24 
 Spot the mistake anyone? - L'escargot
Badge engineering?
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