The court was also told that Mr Rushforth's postmortem revealed that he had amphetamines in his system which could have impaired his riding ability, but the prosecution said there was no evidence he had not been driving correctly.
Amazon's staff app, Flex, recorded the final parcel delivery before the accident as 6.18pm, the last time that the vehicle was stationary. At 6.23pm, the phone was shown as being connected to a charger or entertainment system, and at 6.24pm the search for the petrol station's location was entered. There was no record of the maps app being closed until after the collision.
Location data put the van as being in motion at 6.30pm, when the phone camera and Snapchat app were activated and a message was sent. Snapchat was not closed until after the impact.Iqbal's defence counsel argued that it was necessary for her client to use navigation apps to do his job, and that Amazon did not provide a cradle for the phone.
Mr Rushforth's friend Graham Atkinson said he had known him since 1966, when Peter, his parents and two sisters first moved to Ripon to take over a post office branch. They met again in 2013 and he often visited Mr Rushforth's garage on North Road, where he kept his motorcycles. He described him as a 'quiet man' and had offered him the use of a lifting platform on the day he died.
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