Till the wheels fall off !!

[Shayne]

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/james-berry-manslaughter-trial-1-1770156

 

[clivehorridge]

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/james-berry-manslaughter-trial-1-1770156

Interesting...

 

[Dave_S]

I'd forgotten about that one, Shane... big story here at the time.

 

[Shayne]

It sticks in my mind because the knock on effect pretty much bankrupt anyone into haulage not grossing over a million a year thus rewarding the big boys like Downey of Island Drainage who can afford to make everything new every 6 months . The irony of justice is sometimes unavoidable i suppose .

I posted the story here as i very much doubt it has occurred to anyone that they might find themselves up on a manslaughter charge for losing a wheel .

 

[clivehorridge]

It sticks in my mind because the knock on effect pretty much bankrupt anyone into haulage not grossing over a million a year thus rewarding the big boys like Downey of Island Drainage who can afford to make everything new every 6 months . The irony of justice is sometimes unavoidable i suppose .

I posted the story here as i very much doubt it has occurred to anyone that they might find themselves up on a manslaughter charge for losing a wheel .

It's a very real scenario, but I would imagine only if the claimant can prove gross negligence, as pleaded in this case.

 

[flint]

Some words from the world of DVSA:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...a/file/322067/careless-torque-costs-lives.pdf

 

[Shayne]

It's a very real scenario, but I would imagine only if the claimant can prove gross negligence, as pleaded in this case.

It was a criminal matter rather than civil so it was police pushing for prosecution . Of course it bares no relevance to the hopeless wanderers situation , it just sort of follows on from my view that the would be thief's should very publicly be charged with attempted murder if caught .

Begs the question though - if you're wheel came off and you were charged , how could you possibly prove someone tried and failed to steal them ?

 

[clivehorridge]

It was a criminal matter rather than civil so it was police pushing for prosecution . Of course it bares no relevance to the hopeless wanderers situation , it just sort of follows on from my view that the would be thief's should very publicly be charged with attempted murder if caught .

Begs the question though - if you're wheel came off and you were charged , how could you possibly prove someone tried and failed to steal them ?

You couldn't Shayne, but you would be the defendant.

The claimant would have to prove you had been grossly negligent, innocent until proved guilty and all that...