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Hope this is the right place. I’m in England (UK).

I received a Notice of Intended Prosecution for allegedly failing to comply with a red light.

What happened:
   •   I was stopped at a junction in the right-turn lane, where the right-turn arrow was red.
   •   The lane for going straight had a green light.
   •   The lane markings between the lanes were broken (dashed), not solid.
   •   I indicated left, waited until it was safe, and moved left to go straight.
   •   As I crossed the stop line, the camera flashed.

The photos show:
   1.   My car stopped at the line in the right lane indicating left.
   2.   The next photo shows my car crossing the line angled left, going straight.

I did not turn right and the direction I went (straight) had a green light.

The notice says the recorded time into red was 91 seconds.

The alleged offence wording is “Fail to comply with red / green arrow / lane closure light signals – automatic equipment.”

Do I have any realistic chance of disputing this, or will it still count as running the red because I crossed the line from the right-turn lane?

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Hope this helps
Is this junction

Yes that was green can see in the pictures as well

Yes, that's my view too, hence the request to the OP to get a google street view.

I'd suspect that the OP did cross the stop line of the "turn right" lane albeit it at an angle while moving left into the straight ahead lane.
If they were hard up against the stop line in the right hand lane it would be almost impossible (without reversing!) to get into the LH lane without crossing the stop line in front of them.  If they were a bit further back of course then they could do it.

Yes this is right I was at the stop line crossed it to get completly into the left and then went straight

Them blaring their horn behind you to move does not count!

Says who?

A good starting point, as far as the OP’s incident is concerned, would be to look at what the law says.

So were you in lane 3 but indicating left to move into lane 2 to continue straight?

If so it may be that if lane 3 was red to turn right but lanes 1 & 2 were green for straight on that you have triggered the lane 3 camera. Does that make sense?

Red light offences are 'absolute' I think it's called such that there is no excuse permitted.

Where "senior" members of the site understand that the legal position is X, but are not absolutely certain, it can be helpful to consider alternative opinions, and the reasoning behind them. It can also be helpful to consider how much credence to give to such opinions. Is it a genuinely arguable legal point, well thought through, and supported by some kind of authority, or is it merely a vox pop from someone whose purpose in life is to demonstrate that the internet's democratisation of dissemination of information has a downside? To that extent, your post is very helpful.

An absolute offence is one to which there is no defence, that is to say that once the elements of the offence have been proven, that is the end of the matter. There are very few absolute offences, because absolute offences preclude the otherwise overarching defences of duress and duress of circumstances. I'm pretty certain that strict liability offences cannot be absolute offences, but that's getting even further off topic.

This is very different to the far more common strict liability offences, where liability is not absolute, merely strict - that is to say that the commission of the offence solely requires the actus reus (the guilty action) and not the mens rea (guilty intent). For 'proper' crimes, there needs to be an intent, whether that is specific, or even just recklessness, depending on the offence in question. Almost all motoring offences are strict liability.