This isn't OT.
See
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"Fatal crash: driver banned
April 16, 2004 07:00
A 23-year-old man was yesterday fined £600 and banned from
driving for 12 months after he admitted failing to stop in
an accident in which a 33-year-old King's Lynn man died.
Jason Wyllie, of Templemead, appeared at King's Lynn
Magistrates' Court where he admitted careless driving,
failing to stop and failing to report an accident.
The charges related to an incident on the A148 Wootton Road,
Lynn, in December last year.
Wyllie had been driving his Ford Escort car after a day out
with his partner and their three-year-old child.
Dorothy Pulsford-Harris, prosecuting, told the court Wyllie
was travelling towards South Wootton when he was involved in
a collision with cyclist Thomas Meehan, of Lowfields, Lynn.
Mr Meehan died at the scene from his multiple injuries.
The court heard that Wyllie made no attempt to report the
accident nor to stop at the scene.
When police subsequently interviewed him, Wyllie originally
said he had hit a deer.
Neil Meachem, for Wyllie, said he claimed the cyclist just
appeared in front of him, giving him no chance to stop.
Mr Meachem added: "He then panicked and drove on and made
his way home." But Wyllie had been extremely upset and
deeply regretted not reporting what happened.
Sentencing Wyllie, magistrates' chairman Peter Hammond said:
"This is an incident which ended with the death of Mr Meehan
but there is nothing which this court can to do alter what
has happened.
"Mr Wyllie is clearly remorseful and it will probably haunt
him for the rest of his days."
But he said the incident was aggravated by Wyllie
failing to stop and when seen by the police, he
compounded this by lying.
Wyllie was fined £200 for careless driving, £200 for failing
to report an accident and £200 for failing to stop.
He was also ordered to pay £60 costs and was banned from
driving for 12 months.
Wyllie will have to take another driving test when his ban
is complete."
So that's it then, once again it is shown that if you kill
a cyclist, don't stop, don't report the "accident" and
then lie to the police about it, it's worth a total of
£660 and a 12-month ban. I can take on board that in a
collision it isn't always the fault of the motorist but
what I cannot stomach is the failure to stop, the non-
reporting to the police and then the lying about it all.
Bah! He is, IMO the scum of the earth for the total
disregard for the life of another.
helen s
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