Perhaps, Racing Victoria and the police unit have benefited from how the harness racing case has progressed and mutually adopted a different approach from the outset?

I think Racing Victoria has treated D Weir pretty well, so far, especially after reading the RABD transcript, found via this https://www.racenet.com.au/news/read...ement-20190206
The bottom of page 4, starting with "Your record is a comparatively good one. There are numerous race-day offences of no great magnitude....

Is 4 years harsh considering https://www.racenet.com.au/news/darr...ecord-20190206