Richard Pierce, 54, was travelling on the B5105 from Ruthin towards Clawddnewydd in North Wales in July last year when he got stuck in a queue of traffic. The road was being resurfaced and two men stood holding stop-go signs to control passing cars.
After waiting for less than a minute, Pierce 'took the view that he could drive through the roadworks' and pulled out from the stationary traffic, showing a 'disregard' for the rules of the road, a judge said.
Unsurprisingly, since he's a serial motoring offender:
Mold Crown Court heard Pierce was previously jailed in 1995 for killing a pedestrian in a road crash and had 'clearly not learned his lesson'.
Because the justice system fails to teach him. His brief had an uphill struggle, but did his best:
Defending Pierce was Alan Williams who said his client's 1995 conviction was 'almost a lifetime away'.
Speaking of last year's incident, the defence lawyer admitted it had been 'a poor piece of driving'.
Well, d'oh!
He said Pierce was going through a 'stressful time' with his business and had 'genuine victim empathy'.
And there's no way that can ever be challenged, so why not say it?
Williams argued it would be 'catastrophic' for the defendant to be sent to prison as his mother, 84, is in a care home.
Why? She's clearly not going anywhere.
He would also be leaving behind his wife, two children and his business, said the defence counsel.
Yes, those are called 'consequences'.
Mr William added that the defendant to 'his credit' had looked into whether he had ADHD.
Why is it to his credit that he looked into another excuse for his brief to proffer as a reason for his utter disregard for other people?
But Judge Nicola Saffman sentenced Pierce to 14 months in jail for dangerous driving. She also disqualified him from driving for two years and seven months, enforcing that he must pass an extended retest after the ban is up.
Which he'll have no trouble passing, then reverting back to type. Since a driving license isn't a human right, why can't he be banned for life?
3 comments:
"Defending Pierce was Alan Williams who said his client's 1995 conviction was 'almost a lifetime away'. "
I can't believe he said that after the guy killed someone
To add to Bucko's comment,
"Driving into the workmen holding the stop/go signs, could quite easily have led to two more deaths. A lifetime ban would have been more of an example of true justice".
Penseivat
I was going to say much the same: "It was for the victim."
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