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| Police watchdog questions Dartford PCC crash insurance | |
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| Kent's police and crime commissioner may have been driving without insurance when she was involved in a crash, a police watchdog report has concluded. | Kent's police and crime commissioner may have been driving without insurance when she was involved in a crash, a police watchdog report has concluded. |
| Ann Barnes crashed in September 2014, raising questions as to whether the journey was for business and if she was adequately insured. | Ann Barnes crashed in September 2014, raising questions as to whether the journey was for business and if she was adequately insured. |
| Tuesday's report said there is evidence an offence may have been committed. | Tuesday's report said there is evidence an offence may have been committed. |
| The report has now called for all police and crime commissioners to have valid insurance for business use. | The report has now called for all police and crime commissioners to have valid insurance for business use. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation was sparked after Mrs Barnes's Mercedes was in collision with another car in Princes Road, Dartford, on 16 September 2014. Nobody was seriously hurt. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation was sparked after Mrs Barnes's Mercedes was in collision with another car in Princes Road, Dartford, on 16 September 2014. Nobody was seriously hurt. |
| It said: "It is the investigator's opinion that there is evidence upon which the IPCC Commissioner could determine that an offence of using motor vehicle without insurance on 16 September 2014, contrary to The Road Traffic Act 1998, may have been committed by Mrs Barnes." | It said: "It is the investigator's opinion that there is evidence upon which the IPCC Commissioner could determine that an offence of using motor vehicle without insurance on 16 September 2014, contrary to The Road Traffic Act 1998, may have been committed by Mrs Barnes." |
| The IPCC said Mrs Barnes had visited the Kent Police Safety Shop at Bluewater shopping centre and was on her way to a meeting at Dartford Borough Council. | |
| The report said Mrs Barnes was a named driver for a car insured and registered in her husband's name. She later produced a valid certificate which defined her insurance cover as "social, domestic and pleasure" including "to and from a permanent place of work". | |
| It added insurers Oak Underwriting said it had not paid out under a commuting clause but because it was a non-fault claim. | |
| In February, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was not in the public interest to prosecute. | |
| Mrs Barnes has yet to respond to the report. | Mrs Barnes has yet to respond to the report. |