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Why was this careless driving and not murder?

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    Why was this careless driving and not murder?

    BBC News - Nurse jailed for careless driving over parking row death

    Very odd. Or can you do whatever you want in a car?

    #2
    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    BBC News - Nurse jailed for careless driving over parking row death

    Very odd. Or can you do whatever you want in a car?
    I have always found this very bizarre. Murder? Perhaps not, but I would say manslaughter.

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      #3
      Should have been done for making off from an accident as well.
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        #4
        It couldn't be murder unless intent to kill could be proved, and I doubt there was any such intent in this case.

        It does seem wholly wrong, though, that if she had committed an illegal act resulting in death using anything other than a motor vehicle she probably would have been up for manslaughter.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
          I have always found this very bizarre. Murder? Perhaps not, but I would say manslaughter.
          Fair comment. And of course I don't know the full facts. I just think that when one is in a car one should be respectful. Unless in the back seat with AndyW's mum.

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            #6
            The driver was travelling at 15 mph. You would not expect an incident at that speed to result in a fatality - indeed such an outcome would be quite rare I think. So I don't think there was any attempt to kill. 12 months sounds about right.

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              #7
              Plus if you climb on someone else's car while its moving...

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                #8
                Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post
                The driver was travelling at 15 mph. You would not expect an incident at that speed to result in a fatality - indeed such an outcome would be quite rare I think. So I don't think there was any attempt to kill. 12 months sounds about right.
                Is this a standard UKIP response? Then its lost what little sympathy I had. There was not attempt to kill - does not mean it is right. Driving a car is like carrying a knife - you have to be very careful how you use it.

                Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View Post
                Plus if you climb on someone else's car while its moving...
                I think she got on it to stop it moving. The driver should have stopped.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  There was not attempt to kill - does not mean it is right.
                  It does mean it's not murder, though.

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                    #10
                    In a similar league to that guy who punched a bloke, who then hit his head on the kerb and died, IMO. No intention to kill, but a foreseeable outcome of the action.

                    Can't remember what he got.

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