| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 31 (Feb) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2011] EWCA Crim 509 |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division |
| Judge: | Jackson LJ, Wyn Williams J and the Common Sergeant (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | Peter Freeman, solicitor advocate (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the defendant. |
| Judgment Dates: | 2 February 2011 |
Catchwords
Road traffic - Dangerous driving - Defendant being driver of heavy goods vehicle - Defendant crashing into central reservation and driving wrong way down motorway - Defendant pleading guilty to dangerous driving - Defendant being disqualified from driving for three years - Whether period of disqualification manifestly excessive.
The Case
Road traffic Dangerous driving. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, reduced the period of disqualification from driving from 3 years to 12 month where a 66 year-old defendant had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in circumstances where a combination of facts, including his medical condition, had resulted in the loss of control of a heavy goods vehicle
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