HOME Secretary David Blunkett has been dragged into the row between North Wales' top cop and a retired bank manager caught speeding. Pensioner William Shaw has complained to the Home Office about controversial chief constable Richard Brunstrom. He is furious a police watchdog did not take action against Mr Brunstrom over a news conference called by the chief about Mr Shaw's speeding conviction. Yesterday Mr Shaw, 71, said: "It was an outrageous thing to do and I have asked David Blunkett to carry out a review of the chief constable's position." The row started last summer when Mr Shaw criticised the Arrive Alive campaign in North Wales after he was caught at 39mph. He paid the fixed penalty of £60 with three points on his licence - ending an unblemished motoring career. He accused police of malpractice, and Richard Brunstrom called a press conference at his Colwyn Bay headquarters. Reporters were shown a sequence of video pictures of Mr Shaw's BMW at Acrefair, near Wrexham, and were handed 31 photographs. TV film of the press conference has been seen by millions and Mr Brunstrom famously declared: "Speeding is anti-social behaviour just as much as yobbery." He accused Mr Shaw of "misleading the public" and said he would expect more responsibility from a retired bank manager. Mr Shaw decided to write to Mr Blunkett after a committee of North Wales police authority ruled the chief should not face disciplinary action. "I consider they were mere lapdogs and failed to take any meaningful action," said Mr Shaw. "I have written to Mr Blunkett to explain the situation. My concern is about that appalling press conference. All the police authority has done is to slap him across the wrist - and it's not good enough." | 
