Simon Mason[_6_]
January 26th 20, 04:55 PM
There is a photo of the drugged up criminal - police mugshot.
QUOTE:
Joseph Large was over the limit for both cocaine and cannabis when the 32-ton refuse lorry he was driving hit Paul Thompson as he cycled along Culwick Street near East Park in 2018.
Mr Thompson, 50 and from Bilston, was crushed and pronounced dead at the scene of the collision which happened near the street's junction with Hickman Avenue at around 2.30pm on November 26.
Mr Thompson was 12 weeks away from early retirement before the crash and had motorcycle trips planned to Scotland and Europe.
Large, 30 and of Woodcross Lane in Bilston, was unanimously found guilty of causing death by careless driving after a trial at Stafford Crown Court in December.
The trial was told how the employee of SB Waste Management & Recycling Ltd was remorseful at the roadside after killing Mr Thompson.
CCTV showed how he should have given way to Mr Thompson, who was cycling towards the junction as the skip loader emerged from the left.
Large tested positive for 158 micrograms of cocaine in his blood at the roadside - more than three times the legal limit - and admitted during interview that he had taken cocaine the previous Saturday evening, West Midlands Police said.
HERE COMES THE OLD SUN WRIGGLE - SM He said the reason he did not see Mr Thompson was because the sun was glaring in his eyes as he looked right.
As well as being jailed, Large was disqualified from driving for two years at Stoke Crown Court, where the judge told him: "You had a duty of care whilst driving a vehicle of that size, especially to vulnerable road users.
"But you were complacent about your knowledge of the junction and this was an avoidable accident."
At the trial Large was reduced to tears in the dock as the victim's brother Stephen, also from Bilston, read out a statement. TURNED ON THE CROCODILE TEARS - SM
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2020/01/25/jail-for-lorry-driver-who-killed-cyclist-while-driving-with-cocaine-in-his-system/
QUOTE:
Joseph Large was over the limit for both cocaine and cannabis when the 32-ton refuse lorry he was driving hit Paul Thompson as he cycled along Culwick Street near East Park in 2018.
Mr Thompson, 50 and from Bilston, was crushed and pronounced dead at the scene of the collision which happened near the street's junction with Hickman Avenue at around 2.30pm on November 26.
Mr Thompson was 12 weeks away from early retirement before the crash and had motorcycle trips planned to Scotland and Europe.
Large, 30 and of Woodcross Lane in Bilston, was unanimously found guilty of causing death by careless driving after a trial at Stafford Crown Court in December.
The trial was told how the employee of SB Waste Management & Recycling Ltd was remorseful at the roadside after killing Mr Thompson.
CCTV showed how he should have given way to Mr Thompson, who was cycling towards the junction as the skip loader emerged from the left.
Large tested positive for 158 micrograms of cocaine in his blood at the roadside - more than three times the legal limit - and admitted during interview that he had taken cocaine the previous Saturday evening, West Midlands Police said.
HERE COMES THE OLD SUN WRIGGLE - SM He said the reason he did not see Mr Thompson was because the sun was glaring in his eyes as he looked right.
As well as being jailed, Large was disqualified from driving for two years at Stoke Crown Court, where the judge told him: "You had a duty of care whilst driving a vehicle of that size, especially to vulnerable road users.
"But you were complacent about your knowledge of the junction and this was an avoidable accident."
At the trial Large was reduced to tears in the dock as the victim's brother Stephen, also from Bilston, read out a statement. TURNED ON THE CROCODILE TEARS - SM
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2020/01/25/jail-for-lorry-driver-who-killed-cyclist-while-driving-with-cocaine-in-his-system/