An enraged driver chased down a youth and knocked him off his bike after
the cyclist intentionally hit his car.
Charles Hammond mounted the pavement and drove across the pedestrianised walkway on Stockton High Street as he chased down a teen cyclist. CCTV footage shows how the 45-year-old had been parked up when a youth rode
past him and hit his Seat car with a baton.
Teesside Crown Court heard how Hammond, who was being provoked "fairly frequently" by youths and was on bail for similar offences at the time, headed down a side street before he can be seen driving up onto the
pavement. The furious driver appears to reverse twice towards the cyclist before chasing him down the pedestrianised street and knocking him from his bike.
Hammond, whose health has deteriorated considerably since the incident on
May 26 last year, can then be seen getting out of the vehicle and follows
the teen on foot before returning to his car when the youth cycles away, outlines prosecutor Shaun Dryden.
The dangerous driving occurred while he was on bail for another similar offence - which he was sentenced for in November 2022. Hammond, then 44,
had travelled at an unsafe speed through Garnet Street in central Middlesbrough as he tried to catch up with the group of teenagers who he claimed had been tormenting him.
Teesside Crown Court heard at the time how several pedestrians had to
jump out of the way when his car mounted the kerb near Psyche store, on Linthorpe Road. When the police arrived on Portman Street, on June 19
2021, CCTV had captured him driving the wrong way down a street and over
the speed limit, while chasing the group, for 10 minutes.
On Tuesday, Jon Gittins, mitigating, told the court how Hammond, who has lupus as well as a number of other health conditions, had an accident in April in a shop which "resulted in quite a bad injury to his leg". He
then contracted sepsis and was "very close to losing his life".
Hammond is currently going through rehabilitation treatment at a centre
in Stockton. Judge Jonathan Carroll told Hammond: "I don't know who these youths are and I don't know what has gone on between you and these
youths. They were not solely innocent in this matter and they were part of the problem.
"They were provoking you and doing so, as I understand it, fairly
frequently and you were reacting adversely and dangerously."
Judge Carroll said these matters and the previous offence of dangerous driving should have been before the court at the same time. "[The youth] could have suffered a very serious injury or possibly even worse," he
added. "You're dragging the general public into this - the way you are driving across a pedestrianised area drags completely innocent bystanders into whatever is going on with you and these youths - that is why you are before the court.
"That is why if you were a healthy man you'd be facing an immediate custodial sentence."
Instead, Hammond, of Langley Avenue, Thornaby, was handed a six months sentence suspended for 18 months. He is banned from driving - although he
is unable to do so at this time anyway - for 12 months and must take an extended test.
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/driver-chased-down-provoking-youth-27436240
QUOTE: Instead, Hammond, of Langley Avenue, Thornaby, was handed a six
months sentence suspended for 18 months. He is banned from driving -
although he is unable to do so at this time anyway - for 12 months and
must take an extended test. ENDS
He can't drive anyway due to his poor physical health - karma in action.
QUOTE: Teesside Crown Court heard how Hammond, who was being provoked
"fairly frequently" by youths and was on bail for similar offences at the time, headed down a side street before he can be seen driving up onto the pavement. The furious driver appears to reverse twice towards the cyclist before chasing him down the pedestrianised street and knocking him from his bike. ENDS
On bail while speeding towards his victim who was in a pedestrianised
zone is not the most sensible course of action.
""You're dragging the general public into this - the way you are driving across a pedestrianised area drags completely innocent bystanders into whatever is going on with you and these youths - that is why you are before the court. "
QUITE.
QUOTE: Charles Hammond mounted the pavement and drove across the pedestrianised walkway on Stockton High Street. ENDS
We are always told that motorists never drive on footways and endanger pedestrians.
QUOTE: Charles Hammond mounted the pavement and drove across the pedestrianised walkway on Stockton High Street. ENDS
We are always told that motorists never drive on footways and endanger pedestrians.
QUOTE: Teesside Crown Court heard at the time how several pedestrians had
to jump out of the way when his car mounted the kerb near Psyche store,
on Linthorpe Road. When the police arrived on Portman Street, on June 19 2021, CCTV had captured him driving the wrong way down a street and over
the speed limit, while chasing the group, for 10 minutes. ENDS
"Psycho" store, eh? Is that a shop especially for nutter drivers who go speeding down one way streets the wrong way?
Fancy that.
On 03/08/2023 04:57 pm, [email protected] wrote:
QUOTE: Teesside Crown Court heard at the time how several pedestrians
had to jump out of the way when his car mounted the kerb near Psyche
store, on Linthorpe Road. When the police arrived on Portman Street, on
June 19 2021, CCTV had captured him driving the wrong way down a street
and over the speed limit, while chasing the group, for 10 minutes. ENDS
"Psycho" store, eh? Is that a shop especially for nutter drivers who go
speeding down one way streets the wrong way?
Fancy that.
A psycho store is where psycholists go to buy chav-psycles and spare parts.
QUOTE: Teesside Crown Court heard at the time how several pedestrians had to jump out of the way when his car mounted the kerb near Psyche store, on Linthorpe Road. When the police arrived on Portman Street, on June 19 2021, CCTV had captured himdriving the wrong way down a street and over the speed limit, while chasing the group, for 10 minutes. ENDS
"Psycho" store, eh? Is that a shop especially for nutter drivers who go speeding down one way streets the wrong way?
Fancy that.
JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
On 03/08/2023 04:57 pm, [email protected] wrote:
QUOTE: Teesside Crown Court heard at the time how several pedestrians
had to jump out of the way when his car mounted the kerb near Psyche
store, on Linthorpe Road. When the police arrived on Portman Street, on
June 19 2021, CCTV had captured him driving the wrong way down a street
and over the speed limit, while chasing the group, for 10 minutes. ENDS
"Psycho" store, eh? Is that a shop especially for nutter drivers who go
speeding down one way streets the wrong way?
Fancy that.
A psycho store is where psycholists go to buy chav-psycles and spare parts.
Spare parts? Like a brain transplant? Could be useful for some on the
group?
On 03/08/2023 09:35 pm, Spike wrote:
JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
On 03/08/2023 04:57 pm, [email protected] wrote:Spare parts? Like a brain transplant? Could be useful for some on the
QUOTE: Teesside Crown Court heard at the time how several pedestrians
had to jump out of the way when his car mounted the kerb near Psyche
store, on Linthorpe Road. When the police arrived on Portman Street, on >>>> June 19 2021, CCTV had captured him driving the wrong way down a street >>>> and over the speed limit, while chasing the group, for 10 minutes. ENDS
"Psycho" store, eh? Is that a shop especially for nutter drivers who go >>>> speeding down one way streets the wrong way?
Fancy that.
A psycho store is where psycholists go to buy chav-psycles and spare parts. >>
group?
:-)
I was thinking more of what happens to all those chav-bikes which are reported stolen - sometimes in street robberies.
They must mainly end up as "ask me no questions" spare parts at
knock-down (or knock-off) prices.
There'll be a demand for those.
From other chav-psycholists, of course.
Who else?
QUOTE: "That is why if you were a healthy man you'd be facing an immediate custodial sentence." Instead, Hammond, of Langley Avenue, Thornaby, was handed a six months sentence suspended for 18 months. He is banned from driving - although he is unableto do so at this time anyway - for 12 months and must take an extended test. ENDS
If you weren't such a lying spaz, you'd have been someone's bitch in jail.
On 03/08/2023 10:06 pm, [email protected] wrote:
QUOTE: "That is why if you were a healthy man you'd be facing an
immediate custodial sentence." Instead, Hammond, of Langley Avenue,
Thornaby, was handed a six months sentence suspended for 18 months. He
is banned from driving - although he is unable to do so at this time
anyway - for 12 months and must take an extended test. ENDS
If you weren't such a lying spaz, you'd have been someone's bitch in jail.
"Spaz"?
"Bitch"?
Is that the way that decent people talk these days?
QUOTE: Hammond, then 44, had travelled at an unsafe speed through Garnet Street in central Middlesbrough as he tried to catch up with the group of teenagers who he claimed had been tormenting him. ENDS
Poor baby - were the nasty children calling you howwible names?
Grow up, baldie.
JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
On 03/08/2023 10:06 pm, [email protected] wrote:
QUOTE: "That is why if you were a healthy man you'd be facing an
immediate custodial sentence." Instead, Hammond, of Langley Avenue,
Thornaby, was handed a six months sentence suspended for 18 months. He
is banned from driving - although he is unable to do so at this time
anyway - for 12 months and must take an extended test. ENDS
If you weren't such a lying spaz, you'd have been someone's bitch in jail.
"Spaz"?
"Bitch"?
Is that the way that decent people talk these days?
No, it’s the way a misogynist and disablist would talk in order to boost their tiny ego, known as ‘projection’.
QUOTE: The furious driver appears to reverse twice towards the cyclist
before chasing him down the pedestrianised street and knocking him from his bike. ENDS
Wow - this driver was NOT in so much of a hurry that he oddly had so much time to reverse and argue the toss as per usual.
Instead he drove down a pedestrian street DELIBERATLEY in order to injure a child - classy!
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