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Police arrest driver after Buckinghamshire hit-and-run

Man charged with string of offences after collision caught on helmet cam left rider with neck and shoulder injuries
by Simon_MacMichael
Tue, Aug 05, 2014 14:36
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Thames Valley Police has arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of a number of driving offences in connection with a hit and run incident in Iver, Buckinghamshire, on 14 June when a cyclist was struck head on by a Volkswagen Golf.

The incident, which took place on Langley Park Road, left the unnamed male cyclist with neck and shoulder injuries, reports the Slough Express. After the collision, the motorist is said to have driven off along Mansion Lane.

According to police, a man from Slough, Berkshire was arrested last Thursday 31 July on suspicion of having committed six separate offences, and has been bailed until 29 September while investigations continue.

The offences the arrest relates to are suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, being the driver of a vehicle which failed to stop after a road accident, being the driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident who failed to report that accident, using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance and fraud by false representation.

On June 14, cyclist Patrick Knetemann was riding on Langley Park Road when a Volkswagen car pulled across the road and hit him, as captured in this helmet cam video:

Knetemann said police officers had told him the number plates on the car that hit him were false.

He told ITV: "He came out of nowhere. The impact was so quick I had no time to stop.

"I hit the windscreen with my shoulder and it shattered straight away - that shows how fast and hard he hit me.

"I think he was turning right to go into the Kwik Fit garage and didn't see me.

"But I had a light on my bike, and I was wearing a bright red helmet.

"After one or two seconds he sped off leaving my there on the pavement."

Patrick Knetemann
Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Stumps replied to workhard | 9 years ago
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workhard wrote:

"The offences the arrest relates to are suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, being the driver of a vehicle which failed to stop after a road accident, being the driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident who failed to report that accident, using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance and fraud by false representation."

So the obvious thing to do is to bail him until November and just cross fingers he doesn't drive in the mean time?

We dont possess magic wands and can only keep someone in custody for 24 hours before we have to apply for extensions, the enquiries can take much longer than 24hrs hence the bail date.

But like the thousands of people who drive without licences, insurance and disqualified its impossible to stop them from driving if they want to.

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SteppenHerring replied to Stumps | 9 years ago
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stumps wrote:

We dont possess magic wands and can only keep someone in custody for 24 hours before we have to apply for extensions, the enquiries can take much longer than 24hrs hence the bail date.

But like the thousands of people who drive without licences, insurance and disqualified its impossible to stop them from driving if they want to.

I assume this is police bail, but if it went to the mags, wouldn't they remand people in custody likely to reoffend - if it were, say, domestic violence or the like?

I was surprised to see this recently http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28552876 . If they can do this character for murder for deliberately running someone over then why can't they do someone for attempted murder for attempting to run someone over? OK mens rea and all that but they managed to prove it in this case.

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Housecathst replied to SteppenHerring | 9 years ago
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SteppenHerring wrote:
stumps wrote:

We dont possess magic wands and can only keep someone in custody for 24 hours before we have to apply for extensions, the enquiries can take much longer than 24hrs hence the bail date.

But like the thousands of people who drive without licences, insurance and disqualified its impossible to stop them from driving if they want to.

I assume this is police bail, but if it went to the mags, wouldn't they remand people in custody likely to reoffend - if it were, say, domestic violence or the like?

I was surprised to see this recently http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28552876 . If they can do this character for murder for deliberately running someone over then why can't they do someone for attempted murder for attempting to run someone over? OK mens rea and all that but they managed to prove it in this case.

Don't forget this was a fellow motorist in the eye of the jury and therefore worth more than just a mire cyclist.

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jacknorell | 9 years ago
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Well done Thames Valley Police!

Let's hope the CPS proves competent in prosecuting this mouthbreather.

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jmaccelari | 9 years ago
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Woohoo! Ups to the Rozzers! They take a lot of flak, but they do a lot of good work!

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