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Forensics will only get you so far. They can prove somebody has been in a car. But a person may come up with a reason for the being the case. It's not as simple as showing somebody was in the driver's seat. I wish it was. Also, there's no such offence as causing serious injury by careless...

Yes, I realise that, but with this, they would generally refer it upwards more often than not, because of the serious nature of the offence (even though it's triable either way).

Relatively new offence. Also more likely to be heard in Crown court rather than magistrates'. There used to be a big gap between the standard dangerous driving offence and the S1 Road Traffic Act (causing death by dangerous driving). This was brought in- I think in the last five years or so- to...

Charging GBH is relatively uncommon now. It's what they brought in the causing serious injury by dangerous driving offence for.

They won't charge GBH. He was arrested on suspicion (amongst other offences) of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Maximum 5 year prison sentence.

Yes, yes it is (the disclosure process). I should perhaps have specified: I meant prior to interviewing somebody. The police might withhold certain pieces of information as a means of testing the honesty of a suspect's account. Obviously if it went to trial, there would be full disclosure. What...

It's quite unusual to release something like this before a trial, because it risks giving the perpetrator information that might be useful to him or her in coming up with a cover story. The decision was taken in this case because- as I think you'll agree- it's sufficiently shocking to make most...

Won't comment on that, as it's an ongoing investigation. But there are a number of lines of enquiry being explored, even before today's public appeal for information. For a good few hours after this incident happened, it was being treated as a potentially fatal collision. It's only an...

You can sing it at the top of your voice if it's helping you save somebody's life :)

Check their airway and breathing. If he's not breathing, then any spinal injuries are irrelevant, as he's going to die anyway. No breathing means you may (depending on their position) need to move them, so you can open their airway and then start CPR. Moving them can be done carefully, but it...

Well the standard procedure that we get taught, and which is the way St John Ambulance would tell you to approach it, is a primary survey, something like this: -check for dangers. What has happened to put this person in this position, and is it a danger to you (have they touched a live...

Not really the done thing any more, at least not like it used to be. Chest compressions are the thing these days, as the theory goes that putting oxygen into somebody's body by breathing for them is no bloody use if the heart isn't beating anyway. The residual oxygen in the blood should do in...

I went to a crash a couple of months ago where somebody was trapped in a car, unconscious from a serious head injury, and barely breathing. I'd actually seen the back end of the initial impact as I was driving on the opposite carriageway at the time. As I pulled up thirty seconds or so later...

Didn't mention it earlier as I hadn't read the entire press release & wasn't sure what information had been put out there. But the Fiat in question was identified and has been located. The appeal today is to try and assist with the identification of the driver. Lastly, re the passers by in...

You could always report it online at www.operationcrackdown.org (this is a Sussex thing). It may not be possible to prosecute somebody from such report without clear evidence, but all reports are logged, and if particular vehicles/ drivers keep coming to light, then they get targeted with...

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The injured chap in question is alive & slowly recovering, but it was touch & go for a while. Viewing that footage sent shivers down the spine, even amongst seasoned traffic coppers who've largely seen it all. I still find it hard to contemplate how a human being can do that to another...