E-scooter rider, 14, sentenced over woman's death
A 14-year-old has been sentenced for causing the death of a woman while on a privately-owned electric scooter.
The boy, who cannot be named, hit Linda Davis on a pavement in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, on 2 June.At Nottingham Youth Court, he was given a 12-month referral order after earlier admitting causing death by driving a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence.He was disqualified from driving for five years.
Both of his parents have been given a six-month parenting order and ordered to pay the prosecution costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £26.District Judge Leo Pyle told the court the teenager's father had bought the e-scooter for him six days earlier and "in that short time", the defendant had already fractured his thumb while riding it on a separate occasion.
Mrs Davis was with her husband, Gary, who had parked and got out to go into a shop when she was struck in Southwell Road East, hitting her head as she fell.It is illegal to use privately-owned e-scooters on pavements, footpaths, cycle tracks and cycle lanes on roads. To be used on public roads they must conform to requirements, including being insured, taxed, and used with relevant safety equipment.
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