All address information is correct The copy of the NIP has the date 14/05/08 which forms part of the statement, if this is what was meant. Many Thanks for you help mand comments on this.

Hi, I was hoping I could get some advice on the above. Today I have received a summons for the 2nd of December in relation to not providing information to a Notice of Intended Prosecution/S.172 for a red traffic light offence. I just did not receive this NIP at the time of their stated issue, it is not something I would ignore. So my question is two fold. What can I do? Is non receipt an adequate defence. Government bodies always seem to argue proof of postage is not proof of receipt. I would have thought they would have sent reminders but it appears not. Secondly what precedents are there for arguing the red traffic light contravention. I have no memory of it, though the evidence attached shows that the vehicle had just crossed the junction when the light went red. I am not in the habbit of jumping red lights. I would have assumed that the reason I didn't pull up was that it was safer to go through the junction than stop. - The date of the red light offence was 07/05/08 - The date they say the NIP/S.172 was served was the 14/05/08 and I am being charged with not providing information between the 14/05/08 and 12/06/08. - The date that the information was laid before the court was the 18/11/08. With a witness statment from a police cleric on the 10/10/08 Many Thanks in Advance