Driver Acquitted by Jury of Two Counts of Causing Death By Dangerous Driving

In this tragic case Harry Bowyer was instructed on behalf of a motorist who made a right turn into the path of a motorcycle that he had not seen. The motorcyclist and his pillion both died of their injuries. Pleas were offered at an early stage to causing death by careless driving as, in any view, the motorcycle was there to be seen and should have been seen.

The prosecution did not accept the pleas and insisted on trying the case on the basis of causing death by dangerous driving.

The trial lasted four days and involved expert evidence both from the prosecution and the defence. The Jury returned after two hours of deliberation with Not guilty verdicts.