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Old December 14th 18, 12:51 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
JNugent[_10_]
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Default Got him! Driver found in France after attempted murder of cyclist

On 14/12/2018 09:14, TMS320 wrote:

On 13/12/2018 14:21, wrote:


Well done to the police in nabbing the cowardly scum driver so soon
after his collision.

QUOTE: "A teenager has been detained by police in Paris and arrested
on suspicion of ***attempted murder*** (EMPHASIS MINE) after a
cyclist was left seriously injured following a hit-and-run on Mount
Pleasant.

Police launched a manhunt to find a driver who “failed to stop” after
colliding with a cyclist at the busy junction with Holderness Road on
Wednesday afternoon.

Detectives appealed for help from the public after the 43-year-old
man was left hurt and police have now confirmed that a 19-year-old
suspect has been apprehended in Paris after boarding a train to
France overnight."

END QUOTE Obviously more to come after he gets in front of the
courts.

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news...empted-2324505

He's bound to get something for failing to stop after the crash. What's
the betting that he will get nothing for the standard of his driving
before the crash?


Nothing for "attempted murder" (if that charge is laid, obviously)?

The fact that the arrest was made on suspicion of that serious charge
(as opposed to CDBDD or CDBCD) seems to indicate that there was some
other dimension to the incident. Perhaps some previous contact between
the cyclist and the suspect.

If he is charged with, and tried for, murder, I doubt that there will
also be a Road Traffic Act offence on the charge sheet unless it is put
as an easy alternative for a jury to pick. But that would only happen if
CPS thought the attempt murder charge was iffy.

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