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Driver jailed over foot in bumper
A driver who knocked down a motorcyclist and drove off with the victim’s foot embedded in his car bumper has been jailed for two months.
Peter Dearing, 23, sped off from the crash in Blackburn, Lancashire, leaving Richard Sholl screaming in agony.
Dearing, of Read, Burnley, rang police after finding the foot in the bumper of his car, Blackburn magistrates heard.
He admitted driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident and driving without insurance.
Dearing, a law student, also admitted driving with faulty brakes and steering, and to driving illegally with a provisional licence, which he obtained following a previous disqualification.
The court heard Dearing had eight points on his provisional licence when he crashed into Mr Sholl, 37, last October.
On Friday he was jailed for two months, banned from driving for two years and ordered to pay £300 compensation.
The court heard that Mr Sholl was riding his Honda along Yew Tree Drive in Blackburn when Dearing’s grey Volvo estate veered into the outside lane and hit him.
When Dearing drove off, a motorist came to help Mr Sholl, who had to have his leg amputated.
In a statement to the court, Mr Sholl said: “My left foot is gone forever.
‘Heard screaming’
“I am going to be stuck like this through no fault of my own. I feel so frustrated.
“All this has happened because of a selfish, stupid, illegal driver who left me alone injured in the road.”
Sophie Lorimer, prosecuting, said: “Dearing must have known that this was a serious injury because he told a policeman he could hear the screaming.”
Paul Schofield, defending, admitted that Dearing had “a poor attitude to licences and insurance”.
LOVE IS GIVING SOMEONE THE ABILITY TO DESTROY YOU, THEN TRUSTING THEM NOT TO.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming…….WOO HOO, what a ride!
feel sick and so angry at the injustice of our legal system…….. what the hell sort of a sentence is that????
Don`t ride faster than your guardian angel can fly!
I find this disgusting and if i had my way he would be sentenced to life.I am myself an advanced driving instructor (car).And experience this sort of attitude from not just white vanman…But from many so called qualified drivers..Tailgaiting etc. is just the start but these drivers think if they see an L plate or a motorbike it is a sign for them to pull out and get in front…It is time the DSA done more to protect m/cycles aswell as learners.But as my expo is the dsa Ie gov are more interested in making money not safety…Bobby mackie,East kilbride and distric driving instructors assocation…
Two months in nothing short of an insult. Chilling to think you can be minding your own business and get caught up in a situation like this.
No sentence would bring this mans leg back, but two months!!
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!2 months thats a f*****g disgusting, he has totally destroyed that bikers life, because of the way that car owner behaved he should have been given 5 yrs jail sentence and ordered to pay thousands in compensation. This is what I mean in the justice system, they are anti bikers! There should be a law about discrimination against bikers, Theres laws for gays and racial, what about bikers!
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the good news is that this guys picture was posted om another forum, and there’s a high concentration of bikers round there who are pretty pissed off about it. It’s pretty likely that before long he will himself be left bleeding in a road somewhere….
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947)Blackboard paint – Covers a multitude of sins!
In the same week I read of the above with the dickhead getting a petty 2 month prison sentence, I also read that a bloke got 2 months for killing a child whilst driving over the limit without a licence, insurance or tax in my local paper that a bloke got a 2 month prison sentence for stealing a mobile phone!!!!!!! there is no sense in the british legal system at all, i`ve never understood the sentencing and don`t think i ever will
Don`t ride faster than your guardian angel can fly!
The only justitce for that tosser would be for him to lose his licence for life and pay for the bikers needs for the rest of his.
A one off fine is stupid and only £300 is a down right insult, it’s not even that it’s pathetic, if I was the biker I’d stick that blokes 300 quid up where the sun don’t shine………Compensation that’s a bloody laugh!!!!!!!!!Justice……….. What Justice?[
!]Bring back capital punishment!
Eye for an eye!
To “ERR” is natural.. to really fowl things up needs a politician!!
The biker was lucky he didn’t get done for crimminal damage to the car! This decison was utterly amazing…something needs to be done. Too much emphasis on speed cameras, not enough on real traffic policing and justice.
£60 for 36 in a 30, £300 for permanently maiming somebody – crazy.
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!They should concentrate on people’s Bad Driving!
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