The property of an innocent driver’s Ford Focus “exploded to pieces” in a high-speed collision, in which his partner was seriously injured. The shocked victim, a longtime caregiver, was in the front seat, which broke due to the crash.
She ended up in the back seat and was cut off by what was left of the vehicle by a fire brigade. The Royal Court in Nottingham heard that the Volkswagen Golf, driven by Kyle Bradley and driving at 70 and 90 miles per hour, hit a Ford Focus on October 30, 2019.
At 9.20pm, the nurse was being driven to her night shift by her partner when the horrific accident on Watnall Road, Hucknall, occurred. As Bradley fled, discarding the Volkswagen, the injured nurse suffered some bleeding in her brain and stomach and painful damage to the tissues of her shoulder.
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She said in a statement that she was now afraid to get out of the car, thinking something might happen again, and she was in tears every day. Hucknall, 24, of Beauvale Crescent, pleaded guilty to serious injury to dangerous driving and was jailed for three years and nine months.
Judge Gregory Dickinson QC, the Nottingham Registrar, quoted the victim’s statement as saying, “I feel like I’m having a nightmare because of my emotional state and I can’t work.”
The horrific incident was one of many crimes committed by Bradley’s street dealer in two years, the court heard on Thursday, April 21. He was further convicted of stealing a bicycle from a 17-year-old on September 21, 2018, at Broomhill Road, Bulwell, and of dangerous driving and drug trafficking on February 15, 2020, at Hucknall, as well as lack of insurance or booklet and possession of four packs of cocaine.
Bradley also admitted to supplying cannabis and possessing cannabis with intent to deliver after nearly 57 grams of cannabis were found in street transactions in May 2020, and two cell phones contained evidence of cannabis delivery.
His total sentence was three and a half years in prison, requiring him to take an extended driving test upon his release. Chris Bruin, mitigating guilt, said Bradley was a model prisoner and provided negative drug tests.
He cites two alarming events – the death of a close friend in a car accident and that of the defendant’s grandfather – that derailed him.
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