The Thompsons' solicitor, David Robinson, said officers had failed to follow the policing manual for road traffic collisions and did not complete basic steps such as obtaining mobile phone records.

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Police said they wanted to talk to two women who got into a taxi outside Thompsons Garage nightclub in Donegall Square East at about 02:45 GMT on Saturday, 29 December.

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But a firm of employment lawyers, Thompsons, said it did not believe Mr Prescott was going far enough, arguing that automatic jail sentences should be brought in for company executives who flout health and safety laws.

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The trip is expected to take 12 to 15 days and has suffered multiple false starts as the Thompsons try to line up the logistics of visas, border crossings and travel time timetables in a part of the world where buses and ferries don't tend to conform to strict schedules.

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