‘The Home Office is today launching a consultation to help tackle motorcycle-related crime by providing police officers with better legal protection.’
Home Office, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A teenager who inhaled laughing gas while driving at high speed before crashing and killing two women has been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police drivers will have more legal protection if they are involved in a crash, in a bid to tackle criminals on mopeds, as part of Home Office plans.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘James Sparham has been jailed for five years after driving his car at high speed through the living room wall of a family home. The 29-year-old was almost three times the drink drive limit when he crashed through the wall of the home owned by David Garnett, 54 and his wife Claire, 50, in the early hours September 3 2017.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A driver who killed two young brothers in a hit-and-run crash while high on cocaine has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 27th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The TV presenter Ant McPartlin has been fined £86,000 and disqualified from driving for 20 months after admitting drink-driving.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A drunk driver has been jailed for 13 years after killing three boys as they walked to a 16th birthday party in London. Jaynesh Chudasama pleaded guilty in February to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving over the incident near a bus stop in Hayes.’
The Independent, 28th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A motorist who hit speeds of 117mph before killing two pedestrians when he drove along the verge on the wrong side of the road has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two lorry drivers have been jailed after they caused a motorway crash which killed eight people travelling in a minibus.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd March 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A man who drank nine pints of lager and took cocaine before crashing into a group of schoolchildren, killing a 16-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing death by dangerous driving and given a nine year driving ban.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th March 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A second lorry driver involved in a crash on the M1 that killed eight people has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. David Wagstaff had previously admitted eight counts of the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. Wagstaff, 54, was on a hands-free call when his lorry forced a minibus under a stationary lorry in lane one.
The driver of the other lorry involved, Ryszard Masierak, 31, was convicted on Tuesday of dangerous driving charges.’
BBC News, 7th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who drove into a stationary motorcyclist in a “hotheaded” act of revenge for the other man bumping into his car has been jailed for 11 years.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A driver who killed his best friend will now serve time in prison after Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP referred his original sentence to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient.’
Attorney General’s Office, 19th January 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘In R v Riddell [2017] EWCA Crim 413 the court confirmed that self-defence can potentially be a defence to allegations of both dangerous and careless driving. Even though dangerous driving does not inherently involve the use of force, there may be a need for responsive force in particular circumstances. The availability of the defence will depend on the force used in the driving in those circumstances. The court observed that it would be wrong for self-defence to be available when driving off to avoid injury but unavailable to nudge someone away when fearing violence.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th November 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A football agent has been convicted of killing a highways worker and paralysing another in a fatal crash as he texted players while speeding in bad weather.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 90-year-old driver who killed a couple by reversing into them has been given a two-year suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 7th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ministers confirm plans to introduce tougher sentences for those who drive irresponsibly and devastate lives.’
Ministry of Justice, 15th October 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A drunk driver who killed a mother-of-three has been jailed for four years. Debbie Masters, 37, was pushing her seven-month-old son in a pram in Battle, East Sussex, on 19 March when she was hit by Naomi Oxley’s car.’
BBC News, 5th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police chase laws are to be reviewed by the Government amid fears that officers are unable to effectively pursue and apprehend moped-riding criminals.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A hit-and-run killer has had his jail term increased after he put posts on social media from inside prison.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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