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Drunk woman caused crash by grabbing taxi steering wheel on main road


An alcoholic woman grabbed the wheel of a taxi in which she was a passenger - causing the driver to crash.

Jemma Cady, 35, of Southend Parade, Hebburn, has no memory of what she did, South Tyneside Magistrates were told.

The court heard the crash happened in the early hours of the morning while Cady, a mother of four, was being driven along Jarrow Road.

Paul Anderson, prosecuting, said: “The taxi driver picked the defendant up in his Volkswagen Touran taxi at about 2.40am in the centre of Jarrow.

“As the vehicle was being driven along Jarrow Road, she grabbed the steering wheel of the taxi, causing it to collide with the central reservation.

“It went on to the opposing carriageway.

“Fortunately, traffic at that time of the morning was light.

“The driver was able to bring his taxi under control without hitting another vehicle.”

The court heard Cady told police she had no memory of getting into the taxi.

Mr Anderson added: “She said she was always getting into trouble because of drink, and was sorry for causing the accident

“Damage to the taxi was assessed at £270 for the front bumper.”

Cady admitted interfering with a vehicle in circumstances which a reasonable person would know to be dangerous on July 21.

She has two previous convictions for being drunk and disorderly.

Michelle Stoneley, defending, said: “Mrs Cady is married with four children, aged 18, 16, eight and three.

“She has been abusing alcohol for some time, and that abuse escalated last year.

“Her husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

“Instead of seeking professional help, she turned to the bottle.”

Mrs Stoneley said the crash had been a ‘wake-up’ call to Cady.

He said: “The couple have borrowed £6,000 to enable her to seek residential help for alcoholism,

“That treatment has gone well and she is going back every two weeks for after care.”

She added: “She is extremely sorry for what happened, and wants to apologise to the driver.”

Cady was given a conditional discharge for 12 months, ordered to pay £100 compensation to the driver, and £105 costs.

The money will be deducted fortnightly from Cady’s benefits.

source: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/drun ... -1-8186068

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George Carlin

I bet she was out spending her benefits money??

“Damage to the taxi was assessed at £270 for the front bumper.” no mention of how long hes off the road for though fixing it

"ordered to pay £100 compensation to the driver"


so another driver is out of pocket/off the road /lost money through a drunken sandie? unreal this job mind

At a guess the insurance paid for the damage, and they didn't request any money from said slag.

The £100 might have been for his excess.

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IDFIMH

I think at £270 he was lucky could have easily been a lot worse

Cady admitted interfering with a vehicle in circumstances which a reasonable person would know to be dangerous on July 21.

what sort of charge is that surely if she caused the vehicle to crash it should be attempted murder

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I suspect that's why she pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.

Would have been very hard to prove she wanted to kill the driver.

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IDFIMH

sorry should have used the word manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector