article_snippet.sent: In a police interview, Mr Justice Edis said Mr Justice Edis had become suspicious after hearing Ms Noad joke that the couple were not going to 'do a runner'.
article_snippet.sent: Deciding the issue of liability, Mr Justice Edis said Mr Justice Edis mistakenly decided Mr Hicks was not going to pay the fare on November 2 in 2010, adding there was no basis for Mr Justice Edis to think so.
article_snippet.sent: I do not know why Mr Justice Edis did this. '
article_snippet.sent: this may have been that Mr Justice Edis misjudged the speed and thought it was safe to do so, but the true motive will never be known.'