After being arrested, Hughes told police he had never driven under the helicopter and the closest he had been was 300 metres (984ft) away.
He said he had driven towards the helicopter because he wanted to get close enough to take the aircraft's serial number and report it to the authorities for low flying - just as his employer had told him to do.
Lets reverse the order of these two statements, shall we?
He said he had driven towards the helicopter because he wanted to get close enough to take the aircraft's serial number and report it to the authorities for low flying - just as his employer had told him to do.
After being arrested, Hughes told police he had never driven under the helicopter and the closest he had been was 300 metres (984ft) away.
Pretty far to be able to read the aircraft numbers, eh?
He seems to be contradicting himself... no wonder he was convicted.