The defence lawyer for a worker with the former Department of Transport, who has been cleared of the manslaughter of a TT visitor, says his client should never have been charged.

Sixty-three-year-old Brian Tomlinson walked free from Douglas courthouse on Friday, after he was found not guilty to the manslaughter of motorcyclist Alan Osborne by gross negligence.

Mr Osborne from Kent died in an accident at roadworks on the mountain section of the TT course, in May 2007.

The prosecution claimed Mr Tomlinson had not placed warning signs to motorists far enough in advance.

But it emerged during the case that Mr Osborne had riden his motorbike at more than 90 miles an hour just before the collision, was blind in one eye and was wearing a dark visor, which would have been illegal in the United Kingdom.

Mr Tomlinson's advocate Richard Halsall says the manslaughter charge was not appropriate (play audio file):

Deemster Moran gave Mr Tomlinson an absolute discharge in relation to a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act, which he admitted.