Three years in jail for driver who killed a stranger - Sun

The Court of Póvoa de Lanhoso sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison, on probation, a man who in July 2012 ran over a group of pilgrims in that county, killing a woman 48 years.

accident, recorded in the early hours of July 22 in the parish of St. Martin in the Field, wounded four pilgrims.

The driver, a watchful 36 years, left the scene of the accident without giving aid svtimas but eventually surrender to the police two days later.

The court found as a fact that at the time the defendant traveling at 105 kilometers per hour, at which concluded that excessive speed was the only cause of the accident.

reminded that pilgrims followed “all safety standards,” j who wore vests, brandishing torches and followed in line by the roadside.

The driver claimed that he lost control of the vehicle because of a hedgehog, porcupine who have crossed the road, but the court gave as proven in this explanation.

The defendant also said that fled the scene without giving aid svtimas for allegedly afraid of being attacked, but also on this point the court found that the evidence was “no”.

To the court, the defendant’s conduct was “clearly negligent” in terms of driving, taking into account the speed at which circulated alone at night on a road without transit.

“There was no reason to move chela speed,” the judge emphasized. He said the driver actuation was “willful” for having provided aid in svtimas.

“In these situation, we have to stop, pick up the telemvel, touching a bell,” criticized the judge, noting that the biggest tragedy struck in s contours because some group members were in a position to ask for aid.

The defendant was convicted of a crime of homicide by negligence, a crime of omission of aid and four counts of offending physical integrity.

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suspended sentence, weighed the inexistncia criminal history, the defendant expressed regret that the pardon he asked svtimas and almost full confession of the facts.

defendant’s attorney, Pedro Martinez, called the sentence “fair enough”, so that “in principle” on the go use.

group of pilgrims was coming from Selho S. Jorge, Guimaraes, and followed the direction in the sanctuary of St. Benedict of the Open Door in Rio Caldo, Terras de Bouro.

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