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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)Jail for 19-year-old driver who used Range Rover to force two cyclists off the road
A 19-year-old motorist who forced two cyclists off a country road near Andover has been sentenced to six months in a young offenders’ institute for dangerous driving. Callum Hall had pleaded not guilty to the charge and guilty to failing to stop and failing to report an accident.
The Daily Echo reports that Hall was driving his father’s Range Rover on October 30 2016 when he happened across two cyclists at Charlton Down.
Recorder of Salisbury, Judge Andrew Barnett, said that in Hall’s view the cyclists were hogging the road. After overtaking them, there was “an exchange of views” and the teenager then stopped until the cyclists caught up.
At this point, he drove alongside, edging them onto the verge. “It was quite clear that you had lost control of yourself and lost control of your temper,” said Barnett.
One of the riders was pushed off the road, came off his bike and suffered bruising.
Hall has also incurred a number of suspended sentences, including an eight-month suspended sentence for possession of false currency, since the dangerous driving charge.
Nathalie Carter, defending, told the court that in recent months he has been cycling to work in preparation for being disqualified from driving.
She said: “He does come across as a young man who is frustrated, who doesn’t express himself as well as he would like to. He has got so much potential and it would be a waste if he was given an immediate custodial sentence.
“He has a family. His partner is the mother of his 18-month-old son and he has another child due in February. He is currently self-employed as a tree surgeon and he is undergoing training to use more technical machinery.
“He is a young man frustrated with the situation he finds himself in. He is a young man with a lot of capabilities, he can build a wall, erect a fence, build a patio. This is a turning point in his life. He is 19-years-old, he does have responsibilities and he does have skills.”
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WHY AN ATTEMPTED MURDER IS CALLED DANGEROUS DRIVING IN BRITAIN??? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM??? british cycling has to press harder so atempts like this are dealt as ATTEMPTED MURDER and not dangerous driving!!
I find it's helpful to look up the definition of criminal offences before asking why a particular offence has not been charged.
Steady on there fella, I'm pretty sure even though he's a twat, he probably literally wasn't meaning to kill anyone. The charge is about right.
He used a heavy metal thing to push someone over, clearly not caring whether he hurt them or not. His action was entirely deliberate. It's not obvious to me why the law should care whether he intended to kill them - he deliberately did a very dangerous thing, should be punished properly for it, and never allowed to do such a thing again.
I've ready this article and the Daily Echo article that was linked and there's something I'm not clear on... Did he get any jail time for his driving offences?
It looks like the course of events was:
1. He commited the driving offences and was charged.
2. He was later charged with the false currency offence.
3. He was convicted of the false currency offence and received a suspended sentence.
4. He was convicted of the driving offences and received a ban and the suspended sentence was activated.
So if he'd have been convicted and sentenced in the order that his offences were committed, he'd currently be free?
Also if he used a vehicle as a weapon, which his dangerous driving offence proves, why has he not been charged with possession of an offensive weapon? Using (or even threatening to use) anything as a weapon constitutes possession of an offensive weapon.
Not if its a vehicle. Dangerous driving is the maximum offence available unless it can be proved that there was a deliberate, premeditated attempt to kill. That's very very, rare. However, if he leant out of the window and slapped the cyclist on the arse (or shoved him off) then that would open up the full range of offences against the person charges.
I get that people are upset that the defence solicitor made comments about his work, family etc. but you need to understand that this is the kind of details discussed at every single plea in mitigation.
After all, in the interests of justice its important to give more leeway to those that are remorseful for their actions, and have the potential to to good in their day to day life whether that be at work or at home. there would be problems if someone who didn't care what they had done and did nothing to contribute to society was given the same punishment as someone in the example above.
But anyone with half a brain can feign remorse.
But anyone with half a brain can feign remorse.
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As the old acting quote goes "If you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything."
If all those drivers cared so much after, why didn't they care before?
I don't blame the defence solicitor (not barrister?) at all, because they have to work with what they have, and if that's the best that could be said about their client they have to go with that. It's not in any way unique to road traffic cases, so it doesn't bother me (as opposed to the special leniency killer drivers get that other forms of killer don't).
Are there not psychometric tests involved in the driving test?
I had to do one when I got my "dangerous dog" and I've just done one for a new job.
"he can build a wall, erect a fence, build a patio".
I can't do any of those, but I can drive a car with the safety of other road-users in mind. Six months is probably about right. However, I fear we'll be reading more of this lad's exploits in the months and years to come.
If I mistreated my dog or used it aggressively, it would be taken away from me and I'd be banned from keeping dogs for life.
If I misuse a car all I have to do is pass another / extended test. Then I'm back on the road again.
It's like showing I remember how to stroke a dog and now can I have my pitbull back.
Can't be right.
Interesting analogy perhaps we should limit the power of cars driven by these people especially those that claim hardship. 12 month driving ban" "but hardship" "ok limited to 60bhp for life"
His Father probably won't let him drive the Range Rover, that might be the reason he is cycling to work? If so,-good on his father☺
Presumably he can get acquainted with a cargo bike when he gets out to transport his chainsaw and other tools.
Past time he paid his debt to society then. Do not pass GO, do not collect £200.
Another one to send to Adam Boultin (@adamboultonSKY).
"and he is undergoing training to use more technical machinery"
What like a car?
Didn't see much remorse in any of his statements.
Hmmm, so all the arrogant teenagers don't ride bikes then? After the Alliston case I was beginning to wonder.
It will be interesting to see what sentence Alliston gets, who tried to avoid a pedestrian who walked out in front of him, compared to this guy who deliberately used a vehicle as a weapon, and who could have killed or injured two people.
Ah. Checked the local news. 2 years and 3 months driving ban with an extended retest at the end. The 3 months will be to cover the time in prison.
No mention of a driving ban?
Isn't a jail sentence a driving ban? Mariocart doesn't count.
Probably one of those "tree surgeons" who goes around ripping off OAPs
“He does come across as a young man who is frustrated, who doesn’t express himself as well as he would like to. He has got so much potential and it would be a waste if he was given an immediate custodial sentence.
- Ah bless.
“He has a family. His partner is the mother of his 18-month-old son and he has another child due in February.
- Worrying that hes is extending the shallow end of the gene pool. Great role model as a parent. Not advocating eugenics but......
He is currently self-employed as a tree surgeon and he is undergoing training to use more technical machinery.
- Not for much longer methinks.
Can't help feeling the world is better place with him behind bars.
" he can build a wall, erect a fence, build a patio. " I can do all that too, does that mean if I use a large metal object as an offensive weapon I'd also get a lighter sentence ? Come to think of it I can also do a lot more than that . . . building a wall, or erecting a fence are not exactly rocket science.
Justice.
Good on ya Ms Carter! We should only send the no hopers to jail.
It's interesting that the thing missing from the Charlie Alliston case was reporting of *anything at all* said by his defence team. Did he even have a defender??
(especially given the holes easily pulled in the prosecution case elsewhere on this site)