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Myron Wallace(Image: West Midands Police)<\/p>\nMyron Wallace, aged 27, was spared jail following a ‘surprising’ decision by the Crown Prosecution ServiceMyron Wallace(Image: West Midands Police)<\/p>\n
This is the face of a ‘show-off’ NHS worker who left a pedestrian in a coma after nearly tripling the speed limit.<\/p>\n
Myron Wallace admitted he was ‘being an idiot’ when he pelted down Icknield Port Road in Edgbaston<\/a> in his Volkswagen Polo full of passengers.<\/p>\n He was doing as fast as 87mph on the 30mph street shortly before pedestrian Michael Bird tried to cross the road.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Pimp and kids’ author jailed over prostitution of young girls in city<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Wallace swerved and braked but was still over the limit when he struck the 29-year-old, who had been to a boxing event with family at nearby H Suite.<\/p>\n Mr Bird suffered catastrophic injuries including a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, multiple other broken bones and a dislocated elbow.<\/p>\n Despite that, and the fact Wallace had previous driving related convictions, he was spared jail at Birmingham Crown Court<\/a> this week following a ‘surprising’ decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n They accepted the 27-year-old’s plea to causing serious injury by careless driving which allowed Judge Simon Drew KC to suspend his sentence of ten months because it was below the two-year threshold.<\/p>\n However, he commented he was ‘very surprised’ the CPS had not sought to convict him of the more serious offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, which has harsher sentencing guidelines.<\/p>\n Judge Drew added: “You were showing off to your friends in the car and as a result when you were driving so fast – although nobody is able to say precisely how fast – when the victim started to cross the road you were going so quickly you simply couldn’t stop and hit him.<\/p>\n “The injuries he suffered were frankly, catastrophic.”<\/p>\n But he concluded jailing Wallace for what would be a relatively short period of four months in custody – applying the 40 per cent release rule – would have ‘significant ramifications’ for him, including jeopardising his support worker job in the NHS<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wallace mowed down Mr Bird around 11.30pm on March 16 last year.<\/p>\n Prosecutor Sally Cairns said: “The defendant stopped briefly after the collision.<\/p>\n “Mr Bird’s brother confronted him and punched him to the face through an open window. The defendant drove off.”<\/p>\n The Polo was found damaged at Tesco<\/a> in Dudley<\/a> two days later and Wallace ultimately attended a police station voluntarily.<\/p>\n Ms Cairns continued: “He took full responsibility. In interview he said he was driving at speeds between 70 to 80mph.<\/p>\n “He said he was being an idiot, saw someone crossing the road and braked hard.<\/p>\n “He thought his speed was between 40 and 50mph.<\/p>\n “He tried to steer to avoid the pedestrian but he moved in the same direction as his car and he hit him.”<\/p>\n Wallace, of Bloomfield Road, Tipton<\/a>, has previous convictions for driving with excess drugs and driving while disqualified.<\/p>\n![\"H](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_H-SuiteJPG.jpg\")
H Suite in Edgbaston<\/p>\n![\"Myron](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744504749_822_0_Myrson-Wallace.jpg\")
Myron Wallace(Image: West Midands Police)<\/p>\n