Driver using no hands at 60mph banned for one year – The Guardian
‘A man has been banned from driving after he was videoed by police driving with his hands behind his head at 60mph.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: dangerous driving
Security guard jailed after falling asleep and crashing bus full of colleagues – Daily Telegraph
‘Mark Nicholson was driving 15 people down to work as security officers at an Olympic sailing event when he dozed off while driving on the busy M40 motorway.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tenerife killer’s Glan Clwyd Hospital care faces inquiry – BBC News
‘An inquiry is to be held into how a man with paranoid schizophrenia was released from a Denbighshire hospital only to murder a woman in Tenerife.’
BBC News, 25th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dog attack laws and statistics – Daily Telegraph
“The number of people admitted to hospital due to dog bites has risen in the last five years prompting calls for changes in the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man who used car as revenge weapon jailed for 20 years – The Guardian
“A disqualified driver who left a father of three unable to walk or talk after using his car as a weapon in a revenge attack has been jailed for 20 years.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2013
Sporce: www.guardian.co.uk
Owners of killer dogs face 14 years in jail – The Guardian
“Owners of dogs involved in a fatal attack face up to 14 years in prison under government plans published on Tuesday. The proposals, announced by the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, would also introduce a maximum jail term of five years for owners if a person is injured by their dog.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Driver convicted over revenge hit-and-run of group of friends – Daily Telegraph
“A 21-year-old driver caught on CCTV ploughing into a group of friends as they crossed the street has been convicted of four counts of attempted murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children sue drunk driver who killed their parents in Dorset’s millionaires row – The Independent
“The drunk driver who killed a wealthy London couple is being sued for hundreds of thousands of pounds by their children.”
The Independent, 19th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother jailed after knocking down cyclist as she fiddled with sat nav – Daily Telegraph
“A mother-of-two who knocked down and killed a cyclist because she was distracted by her sat nav has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
M62 crash deaths caused by lorry driver as he read text – BBC News
“A man who killed a couple when his lorry toppled on to their car as he read a text message has been jailed.”
BBC News, 29th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ian Wyn Edwards jailed over A494 death of Lona Wyn Jones – BBC News
“A man who was accused of racing another driver when he lost control, killing a woman in the back of his car, has been jailed for almost four years.”
BBC News, 24th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sandwich-eating driver cleared of dangerous driving death – BBC News
“A motorist who knocked down and killed a cyclist while he was eating at the wheel has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Hughes (Appellant) – Supreme Court
R v Hughes (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 56 UKSC 2011/0240 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 31st July 2013
Regina v Hughes – WLR Daily
Regina v Hughes [2013] UKSC 56; [2013] WLR (D) 324
“When a defendant who was uninsured, unlicensed or disqualified was driving his vehicle on a road and it was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of another person, the defendant could not be found guilty of the offence under section 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as inserted, of causing the death by driving while committing such offences unless the prosecution proved that there had been some act or omission in the defendant’s driving which amounted to fault his part and which had contributed to the death. If the defendant’s driving had been faultless he could not be found guilty of the offence merely because his vehicle was on the road and was involved in a fatal accident when he was driving without insurance or a driving licence.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Man caught driving 165mph tells court which banned him: ‘Catch me if you can’ – The Independent
“The 24-year-old was stopped in a £100,000 rented Audi R8 Spyder and says ban won’t stop him hitting the roads again.”
The Independent, 31st July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Drug-driving proposals unveiled by government – BBC News
“Plans to make it easier to prosecute people who drive under the influence of illegal drugs in England and Wales have been unveiled by the government.”
BBC News, 9th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former airline pilot Iain Lawrence jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing car after disabling airbag – The Independent
“A former airline pilot has been jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing his car into a tree after disabling her airbag.”
The Independent, 26th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Diabetic driver jailed for impaling pedestrian – Daily Telegraph
“A driver who failed to tell the DVLA that he had diabetes has been jailed for six months and banned from driving for three years leaving a pedestrian impaled on the railings after losing control of his car when his blood-sugar level plummeted.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Banned driver who mowed down cyclists is jailed for 10 years – The Guardian
“A disqualified driver fleeing police was jailed for 10 years and six months on Wednesday for killing a couple he mowed down in a car as they rode their tandem bike.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Grieving drivers who kill loved ones could escape prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“Dangerous drivers who kill a loved one could for the first time avoid prosecution because of their emotional trauma, the country’s top prosecutor said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
