In which case there was every justification for making official calls from an hotel room. Furthermore, your explanation about the check out is 100% understandable by anyone who has had to put up with the same thing - who could easily have told Plod that - and attempts made by an imprest holder to resolve doubtful items should have merited wholehearted support, not envy and suspicion, given the circumstances.
Well - you took 30 seconds to convince me. So why did it take Plod so long to make a total bolleaux of everything and to cause £30 000 (surely a very conservative estimate) of your and my tax to be wasted on this nonsense? Not to mention the distress and insult caused to the acquitted.
[ 29 September 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]