Donna Grant, of Folkestone, struck Covid test delivery driver Anthony Akpeki in the dark, leaving a passer-by to discover his body. The 52-year-old mother is said to have fled from the scene in Dover to her Folkestone home in her wrecked Ford Focus. Grant previously pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, however she denies having smoked cannabis before the crash.
Just another waste of oxygen who refuses to accept her guilt...
It was previously ruled she could have a Newton Hearing, a mini-trial at Canterbury Crown Court in which a judge establishes disputed facts. Grant claims cannabis found in her blood the day after the crash was due to her smoking the drug when she arrived home after the incident.
Sure, sure, I expect that's exactly what happened...
She struck him directly outside Hillbrow on a stretch of road without a pavement, propelling his body into the carehome’s skip, Canterbury Crown Court heard.Following the crash Grant immediately drove her damaged grey hatchback - which had a cracked windscreen and broken headlamp - to her home in Fairway Avenue.
While there, she sent WhatsApp messages to area managers showing the damage, claiming she hit a “green box,” the prosecution said. She would later make searches on her phone for the phrases ‘hit and run Dover’ and ‘body found in Dover,’ said prosecutor Nina Ellin.
Ah, or maybe not. The repair garage skewers that claim...
Mr Asbury said Grant repeatedly asked if the car was a ‘write-off’ and the interior “stank of cannabis.” There was “cannabis scattered all over the car,” he added.
Is she remorseful? Is she hell:
“I can’t even recall what police station I was in that day,” she said. “To be told you’ve killed someone, that’s traumatising.
“It has affected my life, very much so,” she added, her voice breaking.
The typical lack of remorse coupled with self-pity one expects from the modern day underclass.
Yes, it's the lack of remorse every time which gets me.
ReplyDeleteIt is always somebody else's fault. If the Chinese government had not tried to infect the world, there would be no reason for the covid delivery driver to have been there. If the cannabis she took was of a better quality, she would have been more aware of what was happening, whilst ignoring the dragons and unicorns on the other side of the road. The list of excuses goes on, and on, and on. The fact is that this drugged up driver killed someone, ended the life of someone possibly with a family, with ambitions, and a future to look forward to. She ended all this and then claimed that she was a victim. In a perfect world, the least penalty would be banned from driving for life, a minimum of 10 years banged up before parole, and the person who supplied the wacky baccy doing the same jail time. Will this happen? If course not. And it is said that society is advancing. Bollocks!
ReplyDeletePenseivat
I had a look on Google Streetview, and assuming that 'Hillbrow' is the name of the care home on London Road, the footway is absent for only a small frontage of the ghastly, prison like, place. It's worth a look.
ReplyDeleteThe wall around the front of the building is the probable reason that Anthony had to walk on the road. However, there is street lighting.
It wouldn't surprise me if an accident occurred here with a sober driver only doing the speed limit.
"Yes, it's the lack of remorse every time which gets me."
ReplyDeleteDespite the often ludicrous claims by the defence...
"It wouldn't surprise me if an accident occurred here with a sober driver only doing the speed limit."
God, it's grim, isn't it??