A man who drove for almost 100 feet with a 12-year-old girl trapped underneath his van has walked free from court. Ali didn't stop until the girl came out from the back of the vehicle, lay motionless on the floor, and a member of the public alerted him to what had happened. The unnamed girl was left with a broken collarbone and elbow and also friction burns.
Police at the time of the crash in Oldham, Greater Manchester said she suffered 'life changing' injuries.
The girl's family declined to support a prosecution, meaning he could not be charged with causing serious injury by careless driving.
Wait, what? This isn't the States, where the victim of a crime is required to 'press charges'. This is the UK, where the Crown takes on that job!
At Tameside Magistrates Court, Ali admitted the lesser charge of driving without due care and attention. He was also ordered to pay £205 in costs and victim surcharge and had six points endorsed on his driving licence. The court heard he already had three points on his licence from two years ago for speeding.
*sighs*
Sentencing, JP Pauline Taylor said: 'This is an unusual incident I must say. You have got three points already so you need to be extremely careful. It is a serious matter. If you get another matter on it, you might get disqualified.'
And, the law being an ass, you might not.
H/T: RealBlackIrish via Twitter
"The girl's family declined to support a prosecution."
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell not you mindless effing idiots? This that will go on to kill someone and it will be your fault.
Stonyground.
Might as well make him stay behind and write "I must be more careful in future" 100 times.
ReplyDeleteAm with Stonyground, and curious why the family refused to pursue a prosecution. The race and religion of the driver, and the town the incident occurred in, may be a clue.
ReplyDeleteDuring my years as a Police officer in a town with a very large Muslim population, can't recall one instance of a Muslim victim seeking a prosecution of a Muslim offender. Funny that.
Penseivat
How many tiers of justice have we got to now? I've lost count.
ReplyDelete"Why the hell not you mindless effing idiots?"
ReplyDeleteI suspect Penseivat has the answer...
"Might as well make him stay behind and write "I must be more careful in future" 100 times."
If we fail to build more jails, I suspect that's what we'll be reduced to.
"During my years as a Police officer in a town with a very large Muslim population, can't recall one instance of a Muslim victim seeking a prosecution of a Muslim offender. "
They shouldn't have had to, that's the Crown's job.
"How many tiers of justice have we got to now?"
It's looking a lot like zero.