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A420 crash near Great Coxwell leads to jail for drink-driver - excellent
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Simon Mason
Feb 1, 2024, 4:08:22 AM2/1/24
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“I’VE killed her. I know I’ve killed her,” said a man when he and his girlfriend were flung from his car after he drunkenly crashed into a tree.
Mohsin Khan was almost twice over the legal limit when he lost control of his Volkswagon Golf and crashed on the A420 between Great Coxwell and Watchfield on New Year's Eve.
The force of the crash hurled himself and Charlotte Draper, 25, out of the vehicle.
The mother-of-four was rushed to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington where she had needles put in her chest to help her start breathing again.
She remains in the hospital where she has been told she may be paralysed from the waist down.
Khan, who had been disqualified from driving only 12 days before the crash, was jailed for three years and four months at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (January 30) for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Miss Draper’s mother, Victoria Baker, said her daughter’s future is still unknown.
In a victim impact statement read out in court, she said: “The fact [Khan] will now go to prison and be out while she is in hospital…it’s so unfair that has been so injured and that the rest of her life is ruined.
“She said she would rather be in prison than in hospital. It makes me so frustrated, angry and confused that the defendant can walk, talk and be fine while she is in hospital.”
Defending Khan, barrister Aubrey Fletcher said he ‘readily acknowledges’ that Miss Draper faces life-altering injuries.
She said: “The officer in the case comments that she’s never encountered a more thorough account of admission. He’s not trying to minimise his actions.”
The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75.
Sentencing Khan, Judge Ian Pringle accepted he demonstrated genuine remorse and gave him credit for his early guilty pleas.
Khan, wearing a white t-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms, showed no reaction to his sentence.
He was also disqualified from driving for four years and will need to take an extended retest.
Prosecuting the case, barrister Helen Rodger said that dash cam footage suggested that the 23-year-old was exceeding the 50mph speed limit at the time of the crash.
While paramedics sought to help an unconscious Miss Draper, Khan, of no fixed abode, could be heard saying: “I’ve killed her. I know I’ve killed her.”
Empty beer bottles were found in the car and Khan admitted during police interview that he was over the limit and driving while disqualified and thus without insurance.
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/24084142.a420-crash-near-great-coxwell-leads-jail-drink-driver/
Mohsin Khan was almost twice over the legal limit when he lost control of his Volkswagon Golf and crashed on the A420 between Great Coxwell and Watchfield on New Year's Eve.
The force of the crash hurled himself and Charlotte Draper, 25, out of the vehicle.
The mother-of-four was rushed to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington where she had needles put in her chest to help her start breathing again.
She remains in the hospital where she has been told she may be paralysed from the waist down.
Khan, who had been disqualified from driving only 12 days before the crash, was jailed for three years and four months at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (January 30) for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Miss Draper’s mother, Victoria Baker, said her daughter’s future is still unknown.
In a victim impact statement read out in court, she said: “The fact [Khan] will now go to prison and be out while she is in hospital…it’s so unfair that has been so injured and that the rest of her life is ruined.
“She said she would rather be in prison than in hospital. It makes me so frustrated, angry and confused that the defendant can walk, talk and be fine while she is in hospital.”
Defending Khan, barrister Aubrey Fletcher said he ‘readily acknowledges’ that Miss Draper faces life-altering injuries.
She said: “The officer in the case comments that she’s never encountered a more thorough account of admission. He’s not trying to minimise his actions.”
The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75.
Sentencing Khan, Judge Ian Pringle accepted he demonstrated genuine remorse and gave him credit for his early guilty pleas.
Khan, wearing a white t-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms, showed no reaction to his sentence.
He was also disqualified from driving for four years and will need to take an extended retest.
Prosecuting the case, barrister Helen Rodger said that dash cam footage suggested that the 23-year-old was exceeding the 50mph speed limit at the time of the crash.
While paramedics sought to help an unconscious Miss Draper, Khan, of no fixed abode, could be heard saying: “I’ve killed her. I know I’ve killed her.”
Empty beer bottles were found in the car and Khan admitted during police interview that he was over the limit and driving while disqualified and thus without insurance.
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/24084142.a420-crash-near-great-coxwell-leads-jail-drink-driver/
JNugent
Feb 1, 2024, 4:52:59 AM2/1/24
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On 01/02/2024 09:08 am, Simon Mason wrote:
> “I’VE killed her. I know I’ve killed her,” said a fully-unqualified chav-cyclist when he and his girlfriend were flung from his car after he drunkenly crashed into a tree.
> Mohsin Khan was almost twice over the legal limit when he lost control of his Volkswagon [sic] Golf and crashed on the A420 between Great Coxwell and Watchfield on New Year's Eve.
licence and "driving" without insurance?
IOW, "driving" while being nothing better than a totally and
fully-unqualified chav-cyclist.
The ideal chav-cyclist.
> “I’VE killed her. I know I’ve killed her,” said a fully-unqualified chav-cyclist when he and his girlfriend were flung from his car after he drunkenly crashed into a tree.
> Mohsin Khan was almost twice over the legal limit when he lost control of his Volkswagon [sic] Golf and crashed on the A420 between Great Coxwell and Watchfield on New Year's Eve.
> The force of the crash hurled himself and Charlotte Draper, 25, out of the vehicle.
> The mother-of-four was rushed to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington where she had needles put in her chest to help her start breathing again.
> She remains in the hospital where she has been told she may be paralysed from the waist down.
> Khan, who had been disqualified from driving only 12 days before the crash, was jailed for three years and four months at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (January 30) for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
What about "driving" while disqualified, "driving" without a driving
> The mother-of-four was rushed to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington where she had needles put in her chest to help her start breathing again.
> She remains in the hospital where she has been told she may be paralysed from the waist down.
> Khan, who had been disqualified from driving only 12 days before the crash, was jailed for three years and four months at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (January 30) for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
licence and "driving" without insurance?
IOW, "driving" while being nothing better than a totally and
fully-unqualified chav-cyclist.
>
> Miss Draper’s mother, Victoria Baker, said her daughter’s future is still unknown.
> In a victim impact statement read out in court, she said: “The fact [Khan] will now go to prison and be out while she is in hospital…it’s so unfair that has been so injured and that the rest of her life is ruined.
> “She said she would rather be in prison than in hospital. It makes me so frustrated, angry and confused that the defendant can walk, talk and be fine while she is in hospital.”
> Defending Khan, barrister Aubrey Fletcher said he ‘readily acknowledges’ that Miss Draper faces life-altering injuries.
> She said: “The officer in the case comments that she’s never encountered a more thorough account of admission. He’s not trying to minimise his actions.”
> The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75.
IQ of 75?
> Miss Draper’s mother, Victoria Baker, said her daughter’s future is still unknown.
> In a victim impact statement read out in court, she said: “The fact [Khan] will now go to prison and be out while she is in hospital…it’s so unfair that has been so injured and that the rest of her life is ruined.
> “She said she would rather be in prison than in hospital. It makes me so frustrated, angry and confused that the defendant can walk, talk and be fine while she is in hospital.”
> Defending Khan, barrister Aubrey Fletcher said he ‘readily acknowledges’ that Miss Draper faces life-altering injuries.
> She said: “The officer in the case comments that she’s never encountered a more thorough account of admission. He’s not trying to minimise his actions.”
> The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75.
The ideal chav-cyclist.
Simon Mason
Feb 1, 2024, 6:38:18 AM2/1/24
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QUOTE: The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75. ENDS
Just your typical scum driver incarnate then!
Next stop B&Q car park chav meet with an exhaust with holes drilled in it.
Just your typical scum driver incarnate then!
Next stop B&Q car park chav meet with an exhaust with holes drilled in it.
JNugent
Feb 1, 2024, 10:57:56 PM2/1/24
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...meaning that it is the upper end of the IQ range for chav-cyclists.
The modal figure would be significantly lower.
JNugent
Feb 1, 2024, 11:01:00 PM2/1/24
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On 01/02/2024 11:38 am, Simon Mason wrote:
> QUOTE: The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75. ENDS
A bit too bright to be riding a chav-bike then?
> QUOTE: The court heard he also had a maturity screening test which provided a low result, as well as having an IQ of 75. ENDS
>
> Just your typical scum driver incarnate then!
Hardly. With no driving licence, all he's unqualified for is riding a
> Just your typical scum driver incarnate then!
chav-cycle like yours.
Simon Mason
Feb 2, 2024, 4:07:21 AM2/2/24
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Six-in-10 drivers (58%) surveyed by the RAC said they would be in favour of so-called ‘noise cameras’ being widely used after the technology has been tested.
The Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned a £300,000 trial of the technology, which started in October, at four locations - Bradford, Bristol, Great Yarmouth and Birmingham.
The system uses a video camera in conjunction with a number of microphones to accurately pinpoint vehicles exceeding the 74-decibel legal limit as they pass by.
It takes a picture of the vehicle and records the noise level to create a digital package of evidence which can be used by local police to fine drivers.
The RAC research reveals that only a fifth (22%) of drivers were against the idea, with a similar proportion (20%) unsure.
RAC head of policy Simon Williams said: “Our research with drivers shows there is a very strong desire to put an end to the scourge of excessively noisy vehicles that disturb the peace all around the country.
“It’s plain wrong that those who have fitted their cars with modified exhausts, some motorbike riders and supercar owners can currently just get away with making an unacceptable amount of noise.
“Fortunately, the Department for Transport’s recent noise camera trials may provide the solution. We hope the findings are positive and that the technology can be quickly and cost-efficiently rolled out to the worst affected areas.”
A third (34%) of those who took part in the RAC study said they regularly hear loud revving engines or excessively loud exhausts. This rose to nearly half of drivers in London (47%) and to 40% in Wales and Scotland.
Half of all drivers (51%) questioned said they occasionally hear one or more vehicles with particularly loud exhausts.
Asked for their opinions about whether the current £50 on-the-spot fine for a vehicle breaching the 74-decibel limit is appropriate, drivers were split.
Four-in-10 (39%) felt the fine had been set at the right level whereas 37% disagreed, and a quarter (24%) were undecided.
Of those who felt the fine wasn’t severe enough, 43% thought it should carry a £200 fine and a driving ban until the exhaust was found to comply with the legal decibel limit. Among Londoners this shot up to more than two-thirds (67%).
“There is no good reason why cars and motorbikes should make so much noise, so the sooner effective camera enforcement can be put in place the better,” continued Williams.
There is, however, no requirement for MOT testers to use decibel meters to check exhaust noise levels, while the Government estimates the annual social cost of urban road noise, including lost productivity from sleep disturbance and health costs, is up to £10 billion.
Roads minister Richard Holden said: “Boy racers are an anti-social menace and we have extensively trialled noise camera technology in various parts of the country over the past year.
“We are currently analysing data from the trials and will update in due course on any future measures which will help bring peace and tranquillity back to our towns, cities and villages.”
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