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Truck driver who mistook man for roll of carpet jailed over death

A truck driver who drove over a pedestrian he mistook for a roll of carpet in the road has today (April 17) been jailed for causing death by careless driving.

17 April 2018 | Press Release , Driving offences , CPS, South East News

Man jailed for causing death by dangerous driving after three teens died

A drink driver who admitted causing death by dangerous driving after mounting the pavement in his car and killing three teenagers walking home from a birthday party has been sentenced to 13 years in prison today.

28 March 2018 | News Item , Driving offences , CPS, London North, London South News

Man jailed following fatal hit-and-run

A driver who knocked down and killed two young men while under the influence of drugs was yesterday jailed for 12 years and one month.

27 March 2018 | Press Release , Driving offences , CPS, East of England News

Lorry drivers jailed for fatal crash on motorway

Lorry drivers jailed after they caused a motorway crash which killed eight people travelling in a minibus.

23 March 2018 | Press Release , Driving offences , CPS, Thames and Chiltern News

Drink driver jailed for killing girl returning from birthday party

A man who drank nine pints of lager and took cocaine before crashing into a group of schoolchildren, killing a 16-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing death by dangerous driving and given a nine year driving ban.

20 March 2018 | News Item , Driving offences , CPS, London North, London South News

Lorry drivers convicted after fatal motorway collision which killed eight people

Two lorry drivers have been convicted after they caused a motorway crash which killed eight people travelling in a minibus.

07 March 2018 | Press Release , Driving offences , CPS, Thames and Chiltern News

Man convicted of causing death by careless driving after Ferrari crash

The owner of a luxury car storage facility has been convicted of causing death by careless driving after a teenager he took on a drive in a Ferrari was killed.

01 March 2018 | Press Release , Driving offences , CPS, Wessex News

Man admits death by dangerous driving after three teens killed following collision

Jaynesh Chudasama, 28, was two and a half times over the legal alcohol limit when he hit George Wilkinson, 16, Joshua McGuiness, 16, and Harry Rice, 17, in Hayes, west London on 26 January this year.

26 February 2018 |

Truck driver jailed for fatal collision while using mobile phone

A truck driver who was using his mobile phone at the time his vehicle was involved in a fatal collision has been jailed for three years.

26 January 2018 |

Lorry driver admits injuring motorcyclist after motorway footbridge crash

A lorry driver who caused a footbridge to collapse onto a busy motorway after his load struck it, has pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving today (Thu 14 Dec).

14 December 2017 |

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Yasser Mehmood
Email: yasser.mehmood@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7147 7725

Pip Rawson
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Telephone: 020 3357 0478

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Telephone: 020 3357 0448

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Telephone: 020 7147 7801

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Lisa Ettridge
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Telephone: 020 3357 1459

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Rob Smith
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Telephone: 020 7147 7547

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Richard Paull
Email: richard.paull@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 02920 803950

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Graham Buchanan
Email: Graham.Buchanan@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 0115 852 3343

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Gillian Andrews
Email: gillian.andrews@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 01245 455027

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Christian Taylor / David Lindsell / Nazia Dewji
Email: london.communications@cps.gov.uk
Telephones: 020 7147 7937 / 020 3357 0087 / 020 3357 1994

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Jackie Rand
Email: jackie.rand@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 0151 239 6334

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Chris Black
Email: chris.black@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 0191 260 4216

North West
Anne Collins
Email: Anne.Collins@cps.gov.uk
Telephones: 01772 208283 / 01772 208267

South East
Cheryl Pendry
Email: cheryl.pendry@cps.gov.uk
Telephones: 01227 655862 / 07876 390054

South West
Gary Cockram
Email: gary.cockram@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 0117 930 2968

Thames and Chiltern
Email: ThamesChiltern.ABC@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 01727 798700, select option 5

Wessex
Sarah Cartwright
Email: sarah.cartwright@cps.gov.uk
Telephone: 02380 673806

West Midlands
Vinny Bolina
Email: Vinny.Bolina@cps.gov.uk
Telephones: 0121 262 1531 / 0121 262 1644

Yorkshire and Humberside
Elizabeth Ogborn
Email: elizabeth.ogborn@cps.gov.uk
Telephones: 0113 290 2839 / 07500 835186

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