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Originally Posted by leeroybrown
UPDATE.
Nathan has pleaded guilty to careless driving but not guilty to death by dangerous driving.
It is now going to trial now Jan 17th.
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Careless driving carries a mandatory 3 points with a maximum of 9 and a discretionary ban, while death by dangerous driving carries a 14 year prison term, so the careless driving charge is pretty meaningless in real terms. He's pleaded guilty to it because he'd lose credibility in trying to defend it as the CD charge is totally indefensible. He may also be trying to get the charge of death by dangerous driving reduced to a death by careless driving charge, which would see him go down for between 26 weeks and a maximum 2 years.
Fingers crossed for a result for Gav in January