Police officer faces jail for dangerous driving on a 999 call which left boy, 15, paralysed johnscheerhout reports
A police officer is facing a possible jail sentence after a jury convicted her of causing serious injury to a boy of 15 while driving dangerously on a 999 call.
Members of Whitehead family said 'yes' in the public gallery as the foreman of the jury delivered the jury's verdict. Others wept and hugged each other. The defendant, standing in the dock, showed no reaction. With the boy's family watching on, in her evidence the defendant told the court: "There's no words that can ever begin to say how sorry I am, how sorry I am this happened. There's nothing that can make it right."
PC De Meulemeester, pressed during her evidence how she felt after the collision, said: "Horrible. There's no words really. I know no matter what I say there's nothing that can make it right. PC De Meulemeester told the court she was born and raised in Belgium and spoke Flemish, French and English. She came to the UK in 2014 and obtained a degree in criminal investigation and policing from De Montfort University in Leicestershire because she wanted a career in policing, the court was told.
PC Meulemeester agreed she was aware the roads on the approach to the destination were all 30mph limit roads and that her knowledge of the area was 'reasonable' although she had to use the satnav in her liveried Peugot 308. Pressed why she then topped 61mph, the officer told the jury: "As my colleague was pulling away from me he was disappearing into the distance. I was just worried he was going to a violent person who now had a knife on his own."Asked why she didn't slow down, the PC told the court: "I didn't know that's how fast I was going. To me, it seemed I was driving normally and I didn't know I was going over the speed limit.
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