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Telematics used to convict knife attacker
a telematics system was installed in the hire car he was driving. There were no witnesses to the attack other than the victim
himself but the black box device pinpointed his location, despite Paita claiming he was not in the area on the day. The evidence collected by the device was passed on to the police by Asset Protection Unit Ltd (APU), which works closely with police forces to reduce motor fraud. After Paita was sentenced on 19 December at The High
Court, Edinburgh, APU’s Neil Thomas said that it was extremely pleasing to have been an "important cog in convicting an individual like this". “It might never have happened at all had the device not
A man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted murder thanks to evidence obtained from a telematics system. Daniel Paita, 32, attacked a man in Glasgow but didn’t realise
been installed in his car," he said. "They are able to generate data about the inner workings
of a vehicle but also show its location at any time, which is a great help to us, the police and victims if vehicles are used for criminal activity.”
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