No Jail for Killer Drivers

by LotusFlower | January 9, 2008 at 03:47 pm | 281 views | add comment
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Motorists who cause death by careless driving could avoid prison terms under new sentencing proposals.

Under current rules, most drivers who cause death by dangerous driving are imprisoned.

When a death is caused by driving which is careless, a law passed in November will allow for a maximum prison term of five years.

Today, however, it emerged that the Sentencing Guidelines Council has recommended the new crime of causing death by careless driving should carry a community sentence in the least serious cases.

Families of accident victims, including that of Callum Deacon, 12, who was hit by a motorbike and killed in Asquith Way, near his home in Saffron Lane estate, Leicester, in 2004, had campaigned for the new law.

The motorcyclist admitted careless driving and received a £2,000 fine and four points on his licence.

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