 In 2004, Lord Brocket claimed that while serving a prison sentence for fraud, a former police officer also in prison told him forensic evidence in a secret file show the Suzuki bike had been deliberately tampered with.However, Peat says the crash was "nothing more" than an accident, a view shared by Mannakee's former wife and the police officers who originally investigated the crash.William Langley of "The Telegraph" wrote that the ride home with Peat had been impromptu to save time and therefore unlikely the crash could have been planned.