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Thinking he was a badger A 61-year-old drink-driver has been jailed for seven years after killing a cyclist she mistook for a badger. Alison Bowen was more than twice over the drink-drive limit when she struck Paul Novak on the A21 at Robertsbridge in November last year, a spokesperson for Sussex Police said. She struck him with such force that her windscreen shattered and the front of her Fiat Punto was caved in but later told officers she thought she had only hit a badger. Bowen then drove off, leaving Mr Novaks body in the road. She continued in her smashed car until she got to Battle and crashed off the road again. Mr Novak, 50, of St Leonards, died at the scene. Bowen, of Battle, pleaded guilty to causing death by driving without due care and attention while over the prescribed limit at Lewes Crown Court. She was jailed for seven years and banned from driving for two years. http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/13/drink-drive-woman-61-jailed-for-killing-cyclist-she-mistook-for-badger-4796345/ |
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@tinydude | 13 July 14 | |
@birdy | 13 July 14 | |
Tiny....
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@mikeymk | 13 July 14 | |
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@birdy | 13 July 14 | |
oh. RIP.
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@mz.c | 13 July 14 | |
No excuse for drink driving it's disgusting. All drink drivers should lose their licence and be jailed.
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@obi_jon | 13 July 14 | |
How fkn drunk would you have to be to make that mistake, a lot more than twice the drink drive limit i'd say.
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@tinydude | 13 July 14 | |
sounds like bs to me, she just didn't want to admit she knew she killed someone and decided to drive off to escape culpability, oh I thought it was a badger
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@peta | 13 July 14 | |
She's a horrible liar. Only 7 years?? |
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@3mel | 13 July 14 | |
that's one of the better sentences I've seen for drink driving and killing someone over here...
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@tinydude | 13 July 14 | |
@ peta - 13.07.14 - 04:28pm She's a horrible liar. Only 7 years?? which will be 3.5 years on the standard good behaviour tarriff which most prisoners serve, I don't know why they just don't call it 3.5 years which it will be 9 times out of 10. Also hope her driving ban only begins when she gets out, starting it now would be as pointless as concurrant sentences are. |
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