Coventry supermarket death crash bus company fined £2.3m – BBC News
‘A bus company that ignored warnings about a driver who crashed into a supermarket, killing two people, has been fined £2.3m.’
BBC News, 27th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: dangerous driving
Dangerous driving, joint criminal enterprise and ex turpi causa defence: is mens rea made out? – Zenith PI
‘In the case of Kelly Wallett (on her own behalf and on behalf of the dependants of Ian Hill (Deceased)) v Vickers [2018] EWHC 3088 (QB) the High Court considered (heard on 14.11.2018) issues of joint criminal enterprise in the context of the ex turpi causadefence.’
Zenith PI, 26th November 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
Bin lorry driver jailed for schoolgirl’s death – The Guardian
‘A bin lorry driver who killed a 14-year-old girl after pulling on to a treacherous main road without looking and hitting a school minibus has been jailed.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Labour MP’s brother admits perverting course of justice – The Guardian
‘The brother of a Labour MP has admitted perverting the course of justice by lying to police about who was driving a speeding car.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Baby-faced criminal who bragged about joyriding in Rolls Royce photo and terrorised community is jailed – Daily Telegraph
‘A baby-faced teenage criminal who terrorised a local community and bragged about his joyriding lifestyle by posing in a Rolls Royce has finally been sent to prison after 47 convictions for 77 crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hit-and-run crashes rise by 45% in four years – BBC News
‘The number of hit-and-run crashes in England and Wales has risen by 45% in four years, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 28th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ford, Fiat and Nissan ads banned for dangerous driving – BBC News
‘Three different carmakers have had ads banned for encouraging unsafe driving.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge calls airport’s drop-off charge a “disgrace” as teacher avoids jail for driving into worker – Daily Telegraph
‘A teacher who drove into an airport worker following a row over a new £3 drop-off charge has been spared jail after a judge said he agreed the levy was an “absolute disgrace”.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Grotesque’ killer driver jailed for Trafford Park crash – BBC News
‘A speeding driver who killed a teenage girl in an “act of grotesque selfishness” at a “car cruise” has been jailed for nine years and nine months.’
BBC News, 21st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Death by dangerous cycling’ law considered – BBC News
‘Cyclists who kill pedestrians could face charges of “death by dangerous cycling” or “death by careless cycling”, under government proposals.’
BBC News, 12th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Student who killed her sister in car crash spared jail after judge rules she has been punished enough – Daily Telegraph
‘The daughter of a driving instructor who killed her teenage sister in a horror crash has been spared jail after a judge accepted no sentence could punish her more than her “incalculable” loss.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Doctor who left date paralysed in car crash kept his job after he used medical knowledge to try help her walk again – Daily Telegraph
‘A doctor who left his date paralysed in a car crash kept his job after a tribunal heard he used medical knowledge to try and help her walk again.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Consultation to give police greater confidence to pursue suspects – Home Office
‘The Home Office is today launching a consultation to help tackle motorcycle-related crime by providing police officers with better legal protection.’
Home Office, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Laughing gas’ driver jailed over A41 fatal crash – BBC News
‘A teenager who inhaled laughing gas while driving at high speed before crashing and killing two women has been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Moped crime: New rules to protect police pursuit drivers – BBC News
‘Police drivers will have more legal protection if they are involved in a crash, in a bid to tackle criminals on mopeds, as part of Home Office plans.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Driver jailed after crashing through a family’s front living room – Daily Telegraph
‘James Sparham has been jailed for five years after driving his car at high speed through the living room wall of a family home. The 29-year-old was almost three times the drink drive limit when he crashed through the wall of the home owned by David Garnett, 54 and his wife Claire, 50, in the early hours September 3 2017.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Casper and Corey Platt-May deaths: Driver high on cocaine is jailed – BBC News
‘A driver who killed two young brothers in a hit-and-run crash while high on cocaine has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 27th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ant McPartlin fined £86,000 for drink-driving – The Guardian
‘The TV presenter Ant McPartlin has been fined £86,000 and disqualified from driving for 20 months after admitting drink-driving.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Hayes crash: Drunk driver jailed for 13 years after killing three teenagers at London bus stop – The Independent
‘A drunk driver has been jailed for 13 years after killing three boys as they walked to a 16th birthday party in London. Jaynesh Chudasama pleaded guilty in February to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving over the incident near a bus stop in Hayes.’
The Independent, 28th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Richard Frost: 117mph double death crash driver jailed – BBC News
‘A motorist who hit speeds of 117mph before killing two pedestrians when he drove along the verge on the wrong side of the road has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
