‘Here, the PA news agency looks at how diplomatic immunity affected the 19-year-old’s case, and why Sacoolas was able to appear in court via video-link from her home country.’
The Independent, 8th December 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Metropolitan Police officer has been cleared over the deaths of a 10-year-old boy and his aunt following a police chase.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A van driver who killed a cycling off-duty policewoman while on his phone has been jailed for five years.’
BBC News, 19th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A US citizen has admitted responsibility for the death of a British teenager in a crash near a US military base. Anne Sacoolas, 45, pleaded guilty to causing the 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn’s death by careless driving in August 2019.’
The Independent, 20th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two brothers have been jailed after a van was driven at a police officer leaving him with serious injuries.’
BBC News, 12th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A van driver who knocked a cyclist unconscious in a road rage attack has been spared jail.’
BBC News, 4th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Her appearance, sitting beside one of her lawyers, marks the end of a three-year wait by Dunn’s family for criminal proceedings to begin. They listened from the public gallery at Westminster magistrates court as the case was sent to the Old Bailey.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A drug driver who deliberately crashed his BMW into a pensioner’s bungalow has been jailed.’
The Independent, 28th September 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An off-duty paramedic who drank 10 pints before crashing into and killing a cyclist has been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A cyclist who hit a pedestrian as she walked on a pavement, causing her death, has been jailed for 12 months.’
BBC News, 15th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales have today published a paper asking for views on the need and options for regulating remote driving on public roads.’
Law Commission, 24th June 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘A man whose YouTube channel showed him driving high-performance cars at high speeds on busy public roads has been sentenced for dangerous driving.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who killed two young children while drink and drug driving will not have his sentence reviewed by the court of appeal.’
BBC News, 30th May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother who killed two of her children when she crashed into a lorry while drink-driving has been jailed for more than four years.’
BBC News, 25th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In 2003 the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations created a specific offence of using a mobile phone while driving. Subsection 110(6)(a) of those Regulations states that a mobile telephone is to be treated as hand-held ‘if it is, or must be, held at some point during the course of making or receiving a call or performing any other interactive communication function’.’
4 King's Bench Walk, 25th March 2022
Source: www.4kbw.co.uk
‘A mother who used her Range Rover to try to move an Insulate Britain protester blocking the road while she was on the school run has called her court case a “huge injustice.”’
The Independent, 29th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Drivers could face a fine for just touching a mobile phone while behind the wheel – and the same goes for passengers in certain circumstances under tough new rules.’
The Independent, 29th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after killing his friend during a high-speed crash.’
BBC News, 29th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A loophole allowing drivers to escape punishment for handheld phone use if they are taking a photo or playing a game has closed in Great Britain.’
BBC News, 25th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A driver’s jail sentence for killing a mother in a crash during a police chase will no longer be reviewed to determine whether it was too lenient.’
BBC News, 27th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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