IN THE NEWS
TEENAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING IN BRADFORD CRASH
A teenager has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of three people by dangerous driving in a horror crash on the M606 in Bradford. The Telegraph and Argus reports that the 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared before West Yorkshire Youth Court, at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ Court on Monday 4 July, to face three counts of causing death by dangerous driving, which he admitted. The teenager’s next hearing will be at Bradford Crown Court, where he will also face a further charge of dangerous driving; robbery; theft of a motor vehicle and threatening with an offen- sive weapon in a public place. Those offences are alleged to have happened on the same day as the fatal crash - June 13.
At the time, West Yorkshire Police said a 15-year-old had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a Ford Transit van was driven the wrong way up the
M606 and smashed head-on into a PHV. The teenager, wearing a grey tracksuit, appeared in court on crutches to confirm his details before entering guilty pleas to causing the deaths of 28-year-old PHV driver Sohail Ali, his 49-year-old passenger Simon McHugh and 18-year-old Kyden Leadbeater. Mr Ali and Mr McHugh were pronounced dead at the scene, while Mr Leadbeater, a passenger in the van,
died in hospital the following day. Another teenager in the van was seriously injured. District Judge Susan Bouch said the sentencing powers of the youth court would not be sufficient, so the matter would be sent to a Crown Court hearing on August 1. The other charges, which were not put to the teenager in the hearing, will also go to the higher court. The court heard that prior to the crash, the van failed to stop for police, took a wrong turn on the slip road of the M606 and carried onto the motorway before striking a vehicle. Prosecutor Richard Davies said police did not follow when the van went the wrong way. He said the teenager had “absolutely no regard for himself or anybody else”.
OPERATION CLAMP TACKLING VIOLENCE AGAINST TAXI DRIVERS LAUNCHED IN BOLTON
A crackdown on violence against taxi and private hire drivers is one of several police operations being rolled out this summer to tackle anti-social behaviour across Bolton. The Bolton News reports that this comes amid recurring incidents of violence in the borough, with attacks on cabbies one of the most striking concerns. In response, Operation Clamp has been launched by Greater Manchester Police to confront crimes against taxi driver such as stone throwing and attacks. Cllr Mudasir Dean, Bolton Council cabinet member for stronger commu- nities, said: “I’ve had a number of meetings with taxi drivers who are concerned about this, and I’ve even been out with drivers. “It’s something that’s been going on for a long time which we’ve raised with our
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taxi services and several arrests made. This comes amid wider efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour which police say people in Bolton have named as a top priority after incidents in Great Lever, and the Bolton Interchange in the town centre in March and recently in Little Lever.
police partners and drivers have often found it difficult in some areas particu- larly around Tonge and Breightmet. “But police have stepped up, they’ve been doing a lot of awareness raising in schools, because some of the violence has come from young people throwing stones and eggs and things like that.” As well as school visits, the operation has seen repeat offenders banned from
Cllr Sean Hornby, who represents Little Lever, said: “To a certain degree the pots being damaged is quite trivial but when you’ve got the soldiers being beheaded at the cenotaph next door, when you’ve got the roof at the library being damaged and youths throwing stones at cars it all gets more serious.” He added: “It just wants a crackdown, I’m sceptical that more centres for young people would stop this because the youths who get involved in this, they just don’t want to be engaged with anything that’s organised.”
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