A 24-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrate’s Court next month charged with negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm, cause public mischief and driver not stop/give assistance after the collision on Saturday morning (March 19).
The collision occurred about 5.06am on Horse Park Drive, Gungahlin, in which three people were conveyed to hospital. A silver BMW 3-Series sedan travelling north on Horse Park Drive collided with a black Holden Viva sedan travelling south.
The driver of the BMW fled the scene on foot with the BMW later being reported as stolen.
Police later identified the driver of the BMW and a search warrant was executed at his home about 3.20pm on Sunday (March 20), with evidentiary items being seized.
The man was arrested and taken to the ACT Regional Watch House where he was later bailed. He will face court on April 1.
The driver of the Holden vehicle remains in an unstable condition in hospital.
[Courtesy ACT Policing]
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Nice work by the Plods in catching him.
Now, lettuce leaves at the ready, preferably wet, for his punishment.
“Evidentiary items” eh. And here’s me thinking ACT police were trying to speak plainly. Maybe that move came a cropper.
Saw a car the other day with “Police” written on it. Will these be changed to “Policing”?
Holden Caulfield said :
Nice work indeed!
But lettuce leaves? Pshaw. At least a $20 fine. Maybe $50. That buys several lettuces!
I think the idea is to start with dry lettuce leaves, then when the defendent sooks in court about how peer pressure made them do it, and how they have ‘a problem’ (aka have to steal things to pay for a habit), and how daddy didn’t love them enough, the court catches these tears and soaks the lettuce leaves.
Ello Vera said :
Or may be “Policing have ..”
homeone said :
Yeah, I just don’t get the weird usages in the police bulletins. “The man has then come out…” instead of “The man then came out…”, “Police have…” etc.
LSWCHP said :
+1
“A male person was observed proceeding in an easterly direction…”
And who decided that the plural of “person” was “persons”?
Ello Vera said :
The wording is a bit daft, at times. However, they can’t put “Police executed a warrant and found his t-shirt covered in his own blood from when he pranged his car, busted his nose and ran home before reporting it stolen” as that tends to be a tad prejudicial. (I’m not familiar with the case, just speculating on what “evidentiary items” may mean in this case.) The whole innocent until proven guilty thing has to apply. Pesky justice system.
Ozi said :
I don’t believe the Police are saying that the driver of the BMW and the owner of the BMW are the same person.
Deref said :
Well it was decided along time before us that that was indeed the case.
buzz819 said :
So I guess that as Police still produce legal text you have your answer? Or am I missing something?
buzz819 said :
Interesting historically and etymologically, but do you say “I know those persons over there” or “there were a lot of persons at the party”?
swissbignose said :
That’s the way I read it.
Same as “Nil suspicious circumstances” when reporting a death = suicide
Further to that, the CT report says that the driver was charged with “negligent driving, causing grievous bodily harm, causing public mischief and not stopping to give assistance”. Notice the lack of a charge related to stealing the car…
Ello Vera said :
I think the bigger news was that you saw a police car, most probably at a PR event or a station?
dvaey said :
Dvaey doesn’t see police cars = they don’t exist. Love that logic.