Heartless b*stard
Jul 1st 2009 | 4:44 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
What a dreadful way to die...how can one human do that to another? I remember several years ago some guys in Texas tied a black guy to the rear bumper of a truck and drove off. The injuries and the way he died were horrific.
Jul 1st 2009 | 4:45 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
As usual, couldn't load the story but did see reference to boy's death (guess that was pretty likely after 2km but I had to be sure). Heartless b*stard? Ignorant unthinking git. I don't know how old the man is, nor what the wife's got to do with it (maybe passenger condoning what went on?) but when I saw someone mention what the parents must be thinking, I had to wonder if they meant the driver's parents. They may or may not have done a good job. Either way at some point his morals disappeared. I (unintentionally) drove over an (already dead) kitten today & the thud from the tyres made my guilt button go into overdrive. However much noise a child's body must have made doesn't bear thinking about. Poor child. Poor child's family. More shame tarnishing the name of Brits in Spain, unfortunately.
Jul 1st 2009 | 6:30 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
As usual, couldn't load the story but did see reference to boy's death (guess that was pretty likely after 2km but I had to be sure). Heartless b*stard? Ignorant unthinking git. I don't know how old the man is, nor what the wife's got to do with it (maybe passenger condoning what went on?) but when I saw someone mention what the parents must be thinking, I had to wonder if they meant the driver's parents. They may or may not have done a good job. Either way at some point his morals disappeared. I (unintentionally) drove over an (already dead) kitten today & the thud from the tyres made my guilt button go into overdrive. However much noise a child's body must have made doesn't bear thinking about. Poor child. Poor child's family. More shame tarnishing the name of Brits in Spain, unfortunately.
when I just saw the headline I half thought the driver might not have really noticed a little kid - especially if pi$$ed
but even if totally plastered how could he not notice an adult!!??
Jul 2nd 2009 | 3:33 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
And at 59, has he got kids? Grandkids? I keep thinking about the noise there must have been...........
Jul 2nd 2009 | 6:11 am
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There is no way whatsoever that the driver could not have been aware that something was under the car. He has, I believe charged with causing death by dangerous driving with a maxium sentence of 13 years. The charge should be MURDER.
Jul 3rd 2009 | 1:07 am
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As usual, couldn't load the story but did see reference to boy's death (guess that was pretty likely after 2km but I had to be sure). Heartless b*stard? Ignorant unthinking git. I don't know how old the man is, nor what the wife's got to do with it (maybe passenger condoning what went on?) but when I saw someone mention what the parents must be thinking, I had to wonder if they meant the driver's parents. They may or may not have done a good job. Either way at some point his morals disappeared. I (unintentionally) drove over an (already dead) kitten today & the thud from the tyres made my guilt button go into overdrive. However much noise a child's body must have made doesn't bear thinking about. Poor child. Poor child's family. More shame tarnishing the name of Brits in Spain, unfortunately.
Here is the article copied and pasted.
British motorist faces 13 years in jail for boy’s death
Court heard that the accused drove for two kilometres despite knowing the victim was trapped under the car
A BRITISH driver who dragged a 17-year-old boy for two kilometres whilst he remained trapped under the car could face 13 years in jail.
The youngster was knocked off his motorbike during a collision with a Citröen Xsara Picasso last March in Alfaz del Pi.
A driver of a Hyundai Matrix, identified as David Walter Cook, 57, from Stourbridge, attempted to avoid running over the fallen motorcyclist, without success.
José Antonio Caro BuendÃa became trapped to the underside of the car, but a court heard that the motorist knowingly carried on driving for another two kilometres, as far as La Nucia.
According to police, when the driver realised a witness was following the trail of blood left behind by the car, he turned off the road and fled in the direction of the urbanisation El Valle.
Once off the main road, the driver is said to have reversed and pulled forward repeatedly so that the body would come unstuck from the car.
The teenager died as a result of his horrific injuries.
A forensic report showed that the fractured skull suffered by José Antonio when he was initially run over was ‘serious but not life-threatening’, meaning his death was directly caused by being dragged for two kilometres.
Cook has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, an offence that carries a sentence of 13 years, and could be forced to pay compensation in the sum of 120,000 euros to José Antonio’s family.
His wife, passenger Angela Maureen Green, 46, from Kingswinford, is charged with failing to offer assistance to the deceased and faces a fine of 12 euros a day for a year.
Source: Typically Spanish - Spain News : Costa Blanca
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news...le_22136.shtml
Jul 3rd 2009 | 1:30 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
Here is the article copied and pasted.
British motorist faces 13 years in jail for boy’s death
Court heard that the accused drove for two kilometres despite knowing the victim was trapped under the car
A BRITISH driver who dragged a 17-year-old boy for two kilometres whilst he remained trapped under the car could face 13 years in jail.
The youngster was knocked off his motorbike during a collision with a Citröen Xsara Picasso last March in Alfaz del Pi.
A driver of a Hyundai Matrix, identified as David Walter Cook, 57, from Stourbridge, attempted to avoid running over the fallen motorcyclist, without success.
José Antonio Caro BuendÃa became trapped to the underside of the car, but a court heard that the motorist knowingly carried on driving for another two kilometres, as far as La Nucia.
According to police, when the driver realised a witness was following the trail of blood left behind by the car, he turned off the road and fled in the direction of the urbanisation El Valle.
Once off the main road, the driver is said to have reversed and pulled forward repeatedly so that the body would come unstuck from the car.
The teenager died as a result of his horrific injuries.
A forensic report showed that the fractured skull suffered by José Antonio when he was initially run over was ‘serious but not life-threatening’, meaning his death was directly caused by being dragged for two kilometres.
Cook has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, an offence that carries a sentence of 13 years, and could be forced to pay compensation in the sum of 120,000 euros to José Antonio’s family.
His wife, passenger Angela Maureen Green, 46, from Kingswinford, is charged with failing to offer assistance to the deceased and faces a fine of 12 euros a day for a year.
British motorist faces 13 years in jail for boy’s death
Court heard that the accused drove for two kilometres despite knowing the victim was trapped under the car
A BRITISH driver who dragged a 17-year-old boy for two kilometres whilst he remained trapped under the car could face 13 years in jail.
The youngster was knocked off his motorbike during a collision with a Citröen Xsara Picasso last March in Alfaz del Pi.
A driver of a Hyundai Matrix, identified as David Walter Cook, 57, from Stourbridge, attempted to avoid running over the fallen motorcyclist, without success.
José Antonio Caro BuendÃa became trapped to the underside of the car, but a court heard that the motorist knowingly carried on driving for another two kilometres, as far as La Nucia.
According to police, when the driver realised a witness was following the trail of blood left behind by the car, he turned off the road and fled in the direction of the urbanisation El Valle.
Once off the main road, the driver is said to have reversed and pulled forward repeatedly so that the body would come unstuck from the car.
The teenager died as a result of his horrific injuries.
A forensic report showed that the fractured skull suffered by José Antonio when he was initially run over was ‘serious but not life-threatening’, meaning his death was directly caused by being dragged for two kilometres.
Cook has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, an offence that carries a sentence of 13 years, and could be forced to pay compensation in the sum of 120,000 euros to José Antonio’s family.
His wife, passenger Angela Maureen Green, 46, from Kingswinford, is charged with failing to offer assistance to the deceased and faces a fine of 12 euros a day for a year.
Jul 3rd 2009 | 1:47 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
Certainly not murder. The kid was knocked off his motorbike by another motorist and landed in the path of this guy's car which collected him up and carried him off down the road. Of course leaving the scene with the body attached to the underside of the car is inexcusable, but did the guy really cause death by dangerous driving, or was he merely an innocent victim in that respect.
Jul 3rd 2009 | 1:50 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
Certainly not murder. The kid was knocked off his motorbike by another motorist and landed in the path of this guy's car which collected him up and carried him off down the road. Of course leaving the scene with the body attached to the underside of the car is inexcusable, but did the guy really cause death by dangerous driving, or was he merely an innocent victim in that respect.
Jul 3rd 2009 | 1:54 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
There is a link to the latest news on it HERE, if you click on related news at the bottom you may get all the news on the case.
The piece was published under a Creative Commons license and as such a person is able to to copy, distribute and transmit the work as long as the author, source etc are attributed to the piece. I have added a link, etc, to post 22 to reflect that.
Jul 3rd 2009 | 2:16 am
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Jul 3rd 2009 | 2:38 am
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http://www.euroweeklynews.com/200906...oys-death.html
I noticed it after a fellow member posted another article in euroweeklynews.com. I checked out the source and it seems legit.
I noticed it after a fellow member posted another article in euroweeklynews.com. I checked out the source and it seems legit.
Jul 3rd 2009 | 2:54 am
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Re: Heartless b*stard
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/200906...oys-death.html
I noticed it after a fellow member posted another article in euroweeklynews.com. I checked out the source and it seems legit.
I noticed it after a fellow member posted another article in euroweeklynews.com. I checked out the source and it seems legit.
Last edited by jdr; Jul 3rd 2009 at 2:56 am.
