Don’t want a real punishment? Do it in a car jeez.
>The officer engaged with him through a passenger window and proceeded to open the passenger door.
> Prosecutor George Shelley told Carlisle Magistrates’ Court: “While she was doing so, and while holding on to the passenger door with both hands, the driver of the vehicle proceeded to drive off, causing her to drag with the vehicle and fall to the ground.”
> Wright, of Powsy Sike, Ainstable, near Armathwaite, was later interviewed by police and said he panicked because he had cannabis on him.
> He hadn’t realised the officer was injured, accepted his driving fell below that of a careful and competent driver and apologised to the sergeant.
1) Our crazy drugs laws causing more problems than they solve, again
2) But that’s no excuse, and neither is “I didn’t realize they were hurt”
> The case was adjourned for seven days so that the probation service can assess whether an electronically monitored night time curfew can be imposed as part of Wright’s eventual sentence.
> Mr Wright is now on bail and is due back in court on Monday 5 December, with an interim driving ban imposed by the district judge, John Temperley.
> The precise length of the mandatory disqualification which Wright faces will be determined at the sentencing hearing.
Oh good, they are actually (likely) getting more than just a driving ban for this.
Weird how there’s seemingly a story every week of a driver dragging some poor cyclist down the road and getting off with a fine, but when Officer Plod is taken for a joyride, suddenly driving bans and more severe penalties to come are available, huh?
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Don’t want a real punishment? Do it in a car jeez.
>The officer engaged with him through a passenger window and proceeded to open the passenger door.
> Prosecutor George Shelley told Carlisle Magistrates’ Court: “While she was doing so, and while holding on to the passenger door with both hands, the driver of the vehicle proceeded to drive off, causing her to drag with the vehicle and fall to the ground.”
> Wright, of Powsy Sike, Ainstable, near Armathwaite, was later interviewed by police and said he panicked because he had cannabis on him.
> He hadn’t realised the officer was injured, accepted his driving fell below that of a careful and competent driver and apologised to the sergeant.
1) Our crazy drugs laws causing more problems than they solve, again
2) But that’s no excuse, and neither is “I didn’t realize they were hurt”
> The case was adjourned for seven days so that the probation service can assess whether an electronically monitored night time curfew can be imposed as part of Wright’s eventual sentence.
> Mr Wright is now on bail and is due back in court on Monday 5 December, with an interim driving ban imposed by the district judge, John Temperley.
> The precise length of the mandatory disqualification which Wright faces will be determined at the sentencing hearing.
Oh good, they are actually (likely) getting more than just a driving ban for this.
Weird how there’s seemingly a story every week of a driver dragging some poor cyclist down the road and getting off with a fine, but when Officer Plod is taken for a joyride, suddenly driving bans and more severe penalties to come are available, huh?