apparently there was some plea barganning going on and agreed he would admit carless, unfortunately the IAA man decided he wasnt going to stick to this and changed his mind and went to nail him on 6 different charges, I wasnt there but some guys who were said the IAA man called the press about the case and stood up and even said that after your LDP he should have gone around and stated that is the proceedure, he showed the judge the pictures of the wreckage and that was it all over.
No fine was handed out Press got it wrong as it was costs against the pilot to the IAA which they said is 5000 and one 3 month suspended sentence which is not a criminal conviction. Thats all I know but it seems bad form if the IAA are prepared to stand up and lie and also call the newspapers in. He has been in court twice and no press arrived as the IAA were not ready to proceed.
Mac