I shall look out for the sentencing report in the local press. As he has been convicted of assault, rather than a breach of the Road Traffic Acts, the court cannot excuse a light sentence on the grounds that only the degree of reckless or careless driving can be taken into account with no regard for the consequences (other than, thanks to recent amendments, where death results).
Nevertheless as the weapon in this assault was a motor vehicle rather than a gun or a knife, or an axe, or a fist, be prepared for a more lenient outcome than if any other weapon had been used.
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