However, Fearon's car had been spotted on CCTV on Willows Lane on four separate occasions on 4 October.

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On 4 March 2010, believing that the RBS branch's CCTV recording of February 26 would identify him carrying out the attempted fraud, he returned to the branch.

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Channel 4 News has accused the officer of falsely claiming to have seen the events after CCTV footage cast doubt on the original police accounts of the row.

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Studying CCTV, police said Mr Kershaw was seen catching a bus and collecting his pension before doing some shopping on 4 October.

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