I have committed a Crime

Getting back to 13YNG, I'll take a bet that the 1 and 3 on the admirals plate were closer than they should have been. Correct?

Wrong, the space was between R and 1, apart from that no other changes to the layout, now can you see why  I was incenced

Admiral.

Why pick on the officer. At the end of the day he did not commit the offence!!

What a stupid comment...

I wonder if the constable concerned had noted this incorrect plate earlier and had done some research on what it might mean (using the "1" and "3" as a "B") and discovered the story of Admiral (not Mister) Byng. 

Noting that this individual was executed for not having done his job, in a way that Voltair expressed as pour encourager les autres, he decided rather wittedly to do just that with the vehicle's driver/owner.

At least the PC did'nt touch your windows!

Sadly you are giving the officer credit for too much thought!  I suspect that for whatever reason he saw the opportunity to add some more process to his score and went for it.  Having been a member of RTD for some time I am aware that officers were monitored on the amount of process they submitted.  Not for any dreadful or black arts reason but merely that there was always a backlog of officers waiting to join the traffic division.

Everyone knew that it was a target rich environment out there, so any officer with a poor history of process was a prime target for going back on the beat.  So Admiral you might have fallen foul of that scenario.

Only you know in your Heart of Hearts that your number plate was exactly as required, but if it was as you say, perfectly unaltered I really do suggest that you take a picture of it, and submit a complaint to the Forces Professional Standards Dept. I can assure you that they will look into it properly and if they find in your favour, or even decide that it is in the public interest to do so can quosh the fixed penalty notice!

TF

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Only you know in your Heart of Hearts that your number plate was exactly as required, but if it was as you say, perfectly unaltered I really do suggest that  ....

You haven't been keeping up Brian  

Then the only thing to do is to appeal on the minor nature of the infringement!

TF

At least the PC did'nt touch your windows!

I'll sort you out in June Jimbo ..

Admiral