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Might the CPS have offered to drop the more serious charge if he admitted (therefore avoiding a trial by jury) the lesser one?
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Very possibly. Just frustrating as, yes a prosecution for a lesser charge is better than acquittal for the greater charge but the greater charge is the one he’s actually committed so very obviously.
He did drive dangerously, he did cause serious injury.
Our justice system is fantastic but it falls short in these cases badly.
PhilDAS
IANAL but I'm struggling to see how this incident can lead to a charge of dangerous driving, but not causing injury by dangerous driving. Surely serious injury occurred, and it was a direct result of dangerous driving? Or does the law work in some perverse-reverse logic whereby the sentence for the more serious charge just seems a bit too harsh for the poor old motorist bloke, so just go with the lesser charge? Or are broken bones, cracked ribs and concussion not serious injury??