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Loved ones have paid tribute to a baby boy and a woman who were killed in a horror crash[1] on the A1.
Eight-month-old Zackary Blades and his aunt Karlene Warner, 30, died following a collision in County Durham on Friday. The two had been travelling in…
3 June 2024, 14:45
Baby Zackary Blades and his aunt Karlene Warner, 30, died after the crash on the southbound carriageway of the A1(M). Picture: social media
A man has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving following a c…
Karlene Warner, 30, and her baby nephew Zackary died at the scene of the crashZackary’s mother Shalorna Walker sustained minor injuries in the collision A man, 38, from Rotherham has been arrested and is due appear in court By Shannon Mcguigan[1] Publ…
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A drug-addicted couple who led police on a dangerous chase along the A1 in a stolen car “chose to play Russian roulette with the lives of other people,” a court has heard.
Graham Baguley stole a friend’s red Peugeot from Sandy Lane, Worksop, after asking for the keys so he could fetch his phone. on September 30, 2021, Nottingham Crown Court was told.
His then wife, Rachel Lowe, was at the wheel when police spotted the Peugeot the next day and began following it on the A1 to Retford, Nottingham Crown Court was told.
The number plate had been altered with a pen so that the P looked like a B,
Nottingham Crown Court.
Lowe began swerving across the lanes and through tight spaces between other vehicles, at one point forcing a lorry towards the grass verge. The pursuing officer backed off to avoid a crash and Lowe changed lanes at the last minute to leave the motorway before they were finally arrested.
The court heard they both gave no-comment interviews, have previous convictions, and were last in trouble in 2017.
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Digby Johnson, mitigating, said Baguley has spent two months in custody and hasn’t offended since 2021.
Stefan Fox said Lowe has been in custody for 55 days and “is petrified of going back.”
“It is not the most attractive episode but there are worse episodes,” he said.
He said the UK has a prison population of 87,915 and an operational capacity of 88,987, which means there are only 1,072 prison spaces left.
Baguley, 53, of White House Road, Bircotes, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and Lowe, 43, of Blythe Court, Mansfield, admitted dangerous driving, before their trial yesterday.
On Tuesday, Judge Michael Auty KC told them: “It is a miracle and a mercy that no one was hurt or killed including the two of you.
“I am a realist and I recognise what drugs do to your judgement. You are off them now. If there is any hope for you two it relies in you staying off them.”
He sentenced them to 12 months, suspended for two years, with a nine-month drug rehabilitation order and 25 rehabilitation days each.
He imposed a three-month curfew on Baguley and ordered Lowe to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work. They were banned from driving for two years.
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Details of diversion routes have been issued to drivers after a crash closed a busy Nottinghamshire A road[1] for hours. The A46 near Newark [2]was closed in both directions between the A617 for the Cattlemarket Roundabout and the A1 near Winthorpe aft…