Karol Michta, 22, was “enjoying the thrill” of speeding home when he struck 53-year-old builder Henrik Luszcz as he crossed the A4 in Isleworth.
Michta, a free runner who once performed at 10 Downing Street, was due to be sentenced in February, but Judge Anthony Morris QC agreed to delay the hearing until he had finished his degree at Queen Mary University.So he can be the most educated jailbird on the block?
At the Old Bailey, the judge sentenced Michta to 12 months in prison suspended for two years after hearing he now suffers from “survivor’s guilt”.Wha..?
Sentencing Michta, the judge said Mr Luszcz had decided to cross the three-lane dual carriageway in an unsafe place, and urged transport chiefs to move a bus stop nearer to a pedestrian crossing.Oh, for pity's sake! The issue here is the excessive speed, not whether Mr Luszcz decided to forget his Green Cross Code!
And you could carpet the high street in pedestrian crossings and not prevent people crossing where they please.
We don't have 'jaywalking' on the statute books as a crime so why should it get the death penalty by the back door?
"Sounds Like Victim Blaming To Me, Judge..."
ReplyDeleteNot to me, more like some much needed sense.
"...Oh, for pity's sake! The issue here is the excessive speed, not whether Mr Luszcz decided to forget his Green Cross Code!
And you could carpet the high street in pedestrian crossings and not prevent people crossing where they please."
The excessive speed is a crime he will be punished for - points, fine, ban...
The death of person who decided to walk of pavement onto road is not Karol Michta's fault. Mr Luszcz could just have easily been hit by an Bus/HGV/Tram/2-CV or worse a cyclist/motorcyclist who may also have died.
Ignore Green Cross Code and cross road where one likes, if hit by a vehicle don't complain.
There are those who assume the initials QC stand for "Quite Cretinous".
ReplyDeleteMad as a bucketful of frogs in vinegar. Why bother the psych evaluation? Waste of public money, anyways.
ReplyDelete"The death of person who decided to walk of pavement onto road is not Karol Michta's fault."
ReplyDeleteExcept that, if not for the excessive speed, he'd have been aware of him...
I'm as disgusted with the lazy & the braindead as much as anyone, but it's not a licence to run them down. Unfortunately!