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Date
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Brief Outline of case
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In court
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the accused
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Sentence
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January 2008
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Case_1, aged 45, attempted to overtake three vehicles including a van, on a country road, when her car hit a family car head-on. A 19 year old girl was killed, her mother had to have her leg amputated from below the knee, her three sisters had broken legs and her one year old daughter had a broken ankle.
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The judge said that this “ill- fated manoeuvre” according to the jury’s verdict, had not fallen below the standard of competent driving deemed dangerous. She had continu- ed overtaking even after becoming aware of oncoming headlights.
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Pled not guilty to dangerous driving
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£1500 fine 18 month driving ban
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January 2008
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Case_2, aged 19, caused a collision at a junction of a main trunk road killing a motorcyclist, aged 44 years
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The sheriff said that the off- ence was at the “high end” of the careless driving scale.
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Pled guilty to careless driving.
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Case_2 had previously six penalty points and had to resit his driving test for a road traffic offence. He had passed in March 2007. £400 fine 3 months driving ban
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February 2008
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Case_3, aged 22, a newly qualified driver admitted causing the death of his 16 year old passenger.
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“the case was first and foremost a tragedy for the family of the deceased.”
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Pled guilty to dangerous driving
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3 years custodial sentence 5 year driving ban
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March 2008
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Case_4, aged 65, pled guilty to careless driving when he crashed head on into a patient transport vehicle causing the death, two days later, of a man aged 83.
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The family had been told that Case_4 had crossed the white line in the centre of the road.
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Pled guilty to careless driving.
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£800 fine 8 penalty points
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March 2008
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Case_5, aged 59, attempted to pass a long queue of traffic which led to a head-on crash killing two and leaving a 14 year old, brain damaged requiring 24/7 care.
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The sheriff heard that Case_5 had twice made overtaking manoeuvres to pass a long line of traffic. The defendant’s solicitor said that Case_5 was “dreadfully sorry.”
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Case_5 appealed the “harsh” ban. He said “when some one pulls out and is driving to close, they get 3 points and £60 fine and that’s what I should have got”
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£600 fine 2 year driving ban
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March 2008
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Cases_6,7 & 8 aged 21, 19 and 18 drove at 90 mph on an A road, repeatedly over taking each over resulting in a 7 car pile up which killed 3 people and injured 3 others.
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The temporary judge said “cars are not toys, they are potentially lethal weapons”
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All three had admitted causing death by dangerous driving
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6) 10 years custodial sentence and 15 years driving ban (he had only just regained his license 4 days earlier after a ban for drink driving) 7) 8 years and 14 years driving ban 8) 13 months detention 5 years driving ban.
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May 2008
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Serial driving offender Case_9, aged 39, hit a pedestrian when he drove at 55 mph in a 30 mph zone. Case_9 had previous convictions for both careless and dangerous driving.
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The judge said “Your failure to take appropriate care led to the death of an innocent man, visiting this country.”
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Pled guilty to dangerous driving
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3 years custodial sentence 5 year driving ban
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May 2008
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A Licensing board chief councilor crashed his car on an A road. He twice failed to give a breath sample to the police.
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Pled guilty
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fined £200 for careless driving fined £200 for failing to stop and £500 for refusing breath tests 2 years driving ban.
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May 2008
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Case_11, aged 21, lost control when doing more than 50 in a 30 mph limit, killing his 18 year old passenger. A surviving passenger (who suffered a fractured vertebrae) had told him to “slow down.”
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The judge banned Case_11 from driving ahead of sentencing and told him “this is the sort of offence which attracts a sentence of imprisonment.”
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Pled guilty to causing death by dangerous driving
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2 years and 9 months custodial sentence
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May 2008
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Case_12, aged 22, over- took, on the wrong side of the road and on a blind summit, and crashed into a car resulting in the death of 5 people.
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The judge said “Three of the victims were members of one family .. impossible to comprehend the suffering your actions have caused the survivors.”
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Pled guilty to causing death by dangerous driving
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2 years and 4 months custodial sentence. 10 years driving ban.
The judge took into account an appeal for mercy from the mother of one of victims.
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July 2008
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Case_13, aged 66, was driving home from a post-round lunch and drinks, when his car swerved across the road hitting a car killing the driver aged 70.
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The sheriff said that Case_13 was well aware he suffered from sleep apnoea which had been diagnosed several years before. Despite being under the drink drive limit his actions were “unforgivable.”
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Admitted careless driving and “nodding off.”
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£5000 fine 5 year driving ban
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