‘A speeding driver who deployed a James Bond-style smokescreen device in a bid to shake off police has been spared jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 17 February 2016
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‘A man has been cleared of two charges after prosecutors were unable to provide evidence to disprove claims his identical twin brother was the real offender.’
The Independent, 9th February 2016
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‘A motorcyclist has been jailed after filming himself speeding over 150mph.’
The Independent, 25th January 2016
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‘In a landmark case, a driver has been jailed after another car’s dashboard camera filmed his dangerous overtaking manoeuvres.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2015
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‘Birmingham judge bemoans sentencing powers that leave him unable to impose a ‘sentence that is deserved’ in case of ‘deadly’ drink-driver.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A tipper truck driver has been jailed for five-and-half years after the lorry he was driving rolled, killing his son.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A driver has been jailed for three years and disqualified from driving for seven years after colliding with a 91-year-old man in Sutton Coldfield town centre.’
The Independent, 8th September 2015
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‘A bus driver who failed to stop for 24 metres after hitting and dragging a cyclist under his vehicle has escaped jail despite causing his death.’
The Independent, 8th August 2015
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‘Ambulance trusts spent hundreds of hours having to appeal against speeding fines issued to emergency vehicles by police forces.’
BBC News, 21st July 2015
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‘Two speeding drivers have been jailed for killing a man as they raced at high speed through a town centre.’
BBC News, 15th June 2015
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‘The sentence of a teenager who boasted of driving at 142mph on a motorway the night before he killed a man in a high-speed crash is to be reviewed.’
BBC News, 29th May 2015
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‘A burglar who used a car to smash his way into a golf club before leading police on a “dangerous” car chase has been jailed for two years.’
BBC News, 28th May 2015
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‘The drink-driving limit should be lowered in England and Wales to match the threshold in Scotland, the Police Federation has suggested.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A “cavalier” lorry driver who ran a red light before killing a cyclist has been jailed for three-and-a-half years and given a 10-year driving ban.’
The Independent, 14th May 2015
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‘A driver who killed a cyclist in Cheshire, then tried to cover up the crime, has been jailed for seven years.’
BBC News, 12th May 2015
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‘A man who killed a 14-year-old girl when his car mounted the pavement and hit a group of people has been sentenced to four years in prison.’
BBC News, 16th April 2015
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‘The heartbroken family of a three-year-old boy crushed to death by a runaway trailer yesterday branded the motorist’s sentence a “joke” after he escaped prison.
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘For many years, there has been a prescribed limit to the amount of alcohol one may have in one’s system when driving, but there has been no parallel legislation or specified limit in relation to drug-driving, prescribed or otherwise.’
Park Square Barristers, 24th February 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A driver who took cocaine and cannabis before crashing his car into a tree and killing two of his friends has been jailed for four years.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2015
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‘Report calls for wide range of improvements to the way the Crown Prosecution Service handles the prosecution of offenders who cause death on the roads.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2015
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