Courts all over the country hear their share of dangerous drivers in the dock. From speeders to those who got behind the wheel after drinking an awful lot of alcohol.
They often result in dangerous police pursuits, horrific accidents and sadly tragic deaths.
While those in the driver’s seat often accept blame, there are also those who do their best to avoid responsibility.
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These are just some of the careless drivers who thought they were above the law but were caught and taken to the courts in our area.
Callum Carew
This is the ‘show’ drunk driver who crashed into an innocent motorcyclist, causing him to fall off his bike and sustain fatal injuries.
Callum Carew, 34, was driving his white BMW M2 along the A534 at Crewe at around 11.15pm on March 31, reaching speeds of around 140mph in a 60mph zone.
Moments later, it crashed into the back of a blue Direct Bikes Scooter driven by 29-year-old Razvan Brumar. He was thrown from the motorcycle due to the impact of the collision and was seriously injured.
Emergency services teams arrived at the scene and treated Razvan by paramedics before taking him to the hospital. He later died as a result of his injuries.
When Carew was later questioned by police, he insensitively tried to blame his victim by claiming the bike had no headlights. He also told officers he drank just a pint before failing a breath test and being arrested.
Carew, of Rochester Crescent in Crewe, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving while over the drink drive limit. He was sentenced to nine years and four months behind bars at Chester Crown Court on Monday, May 13.
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Leo Meek
Leo Meek slashed 15-year-old Jack Jones While traveling at speeds of up to 55 mph on a 30 mph road in April 2021 before fleeing the scene. He later led police on a 100 mph chase after being released from prison.
In August 2021, he was sentenced to 40 months’ death penalty for dangerous driving and disqualified from driving for three years from the date of his release. But on July 19 last year, Meek hit the road again and led cops on a reckless pursuit. Cheshire.
While driving a stolen car, he was seen overtaking multiple vehicles and tailgating them to force them to pull over. It achieved speeds in excess of 100 mph on winding narrow roads; This was more than twice the 40 mph speed limit.
The police officer, who had lost sight of the car due to excessive speed, turned the corner and saw the BMW crashing into the bridge over the M53. The car had hit the barrier so hard that it collapsed, preventing it from falling onto the highway below.
Meek, 25, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and handling stolen goods and was sentenced to 22 months in prison.
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Muhammed Atif
Mohammed Atif mowed down an elderly woman crossing the road before telling police he was “dazzled by the sunlight”.
Anne Buckley waited for the lights at the crosswalk to turn red before setting off. Moston In November 2022, the Ford Fiesta driven by Atif hit him.
The 79-year-old man was thrown into the air before landing on his head and shoulders. He has suffered multiple injuries, including to his neck, and now fears crossing the road without help.
When Atif failed to stop at the scene, he fled the scene. Manchester Crown Court heard. When police later caught up with him in November 2022 after he was identified via the ANPR camera, he said he was “dazzled by the sunlight” and claimed he did not see Ms Buckley or the lights turned red.
He pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was sentenced to 20 months in prison.
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Joseph Dearden
Police body camera footage has captured the shocking moment Joseph Dearden, the brazen drink driver who seriously injured another motorist, told cops: “All I have to do is play the sanity card!”
Footage shows Dearden trying to crawl upright after causing a horrific crash on a residential road. BoltonAfter a boozy bar session in which he drank six pints of beer and five shots.
He doesn’t seem to mind as he leaves a 25-year-old man with life-changing injuries, mumbling to the cops who arrest him: “All I have to do is play the sanity card!” The confused driver refused to get into the ambulance.
Dearden, 27, from Bolton, managed to get out of his smashed van and tried to flee the scene but was detained by shocked residents who got out and saw a scene of carnage. Other published images Greater Manchester Police It revealed the speed at which he was traveling as well as the debris he caused in the crash.
He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for behavior that police described as “callous and cowardly”.
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Zak Allinson
Bandit Zak Allison drove his car into a man and hit him after a traffic fight. Allinson, 22, was caught up in a heated argument with his victim following a dispute over a commercial property in Cheetham Hill.
Allinson, who said he was there to buy food from the takeaway, blocked a truck trying to enter the garden. After the victim partially closed the door, Allinson drove directly at the man and struck him.
The person who was thrown onto the hood fell to the ground a short time later. “He could have killed me,” the victim later said.
Allinson was jailed for three years and seven months after pleading guilty to attempted section 18 assault, dangerous driving, driving without a license and driving without insurance.
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