Shocking story! http://cyclistneedshelp.blogspot.com/

What is the taxi driver hoping to get out of this?

Well, either (a) he's a liar or (b) the investigating police officers are a bunch of clueless and vindictive toss-rags.

If (b) is true then it would also require us to believe that (c) a taxi driver is a gobbet of vile scum.

(b) and (c) are pretty likely, but we've absolutely no way of establishin the probability of (a). 😐

Hence the need for witnesses, I guess.

It just doesn't ring true

CCTV doesn't get deleted especially Oxford Street after a few weeks

Witness statements don't just disappear

It just doesn't ring true

Neither did this –
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/help-with-a-dilemma-paedophile-content

on stw.

Following a brief verbal exchange,

Ah…

Half the time the cameras dont work or arent turned on.

I can vouch for this as i was knocked off at Canary Wharf who have more cameras whatching the streets than most places. The 5. Yep 5! cameras watching the junction were either broken or turned off.

Ah you may say. They were having you on because they didnt want to get involved. I was working for CW at the time and have been freinds with the guy who manages security for the last 6 years, I drank with the guy who manages the cameras. Twas true. So. This thing can happen.

Rule of thumb. The more cameras there are, the greater chance that some will be turned of or broken.

It's Friday night. This story made the inside pages of the London Evening Standard…

Good luck, Jerad. 🙁