Dan White prosecuted motorist Lloyd Ferguson for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. He received a sentence of 6 years and 9 months imprisonment and has been disqualified from driving for 9 years.

Ferguson, aged 65,  was traveling at triple the 20mph speed limit on Pershore Road when he knocked 27-year-old Sisey Bilay off his moped. Mr Bilay  sustained fatal injuries at 8.05pm on June 27 last year.

Ferguson admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Birmingham Crown Court and was sentenced to six years and nine months and banned from the road for nine years and six months.

Judge Kristina Montgomery KC said: “It was because you were travelling at such an excess speed you came to a point on the road where Mr Bilay crossed without having the chance to even appreciate your proximity and when you were able to appreciate this there was insufficient time for you to do anything other than brake heavily. That was too little too late to prevent the collision.”

There were audible sounds of shock from the public gallery as the footage of the collision was played to the court.

Prosecuting Dan White said: “He accepted he had been driving and described driving from his address, turning left and then said he saw two yellow lights coming towards him in ‘just a flash’, that was it. He later said there was a bang, he didn’t know where it came from and it was just a shock.

“He just sat in the bus stop afterwards. He didn’t see the moped at all.”

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Witness Familiarisation Support And Courses

These are a few examples of courses in which our members have been involved:

  • Witness familiarisation with trainee police officers and special constables from Northamptonshire Police, where the officers were questioned regarding their statements about ‘mock’ arrest exercises
  • Similar exercises with detectives from the West Midlands Police
  • Witness familiarisation with officers of the Northamptonshire Probation Service.  These officers were given training on the process of giving evidence in sentencing hearings in the Magistrates Court and Crown Court
  • Expert witness familiarisation and training, with expert witnesses such as independent Forensic Scientists, and officers of the Health and Safety Executive. The exercises involved questioning regarding expert reports prepared by the participants

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Citadel’s members come from a range of backgrounds and everyone is treated with the same respect as part of our Chamber’s community. 

 

We operate an equal opportunity policy and act in accordance with the Bar Code of Conduct and the Equality Code for the Bar.

 

We seek to prevent direct or indirect discrimination towards our clients, staff, tenants and pupils, on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality or citizenship, political persuasion, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or age.

Maternity / Paternity Policy

We support all members  who  are fortunate enough to become parents.   Whilst Citadel has written policies dealing with issues of maternity and paternity leave for members of Chambers and support staff, we also try to be flexible in our approach and to accommodate individual needs.

Uniquely (to our knowledge) we offer direct financial support to members returning from parental leave in order to cushion the cash flow impact of return to practice . 

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