Former Vigan athletic young player went to jail to cut pensioner grass

A former Wigan athletic young footballer, who left the pensioner with a broken spine, when he went to the speed while riding an e-bike.

70-year-old Margaret Scalledwell was also a bleeding in the brain and lost all his teeth, when e-bike pledged with her, as she crossed Orrel Road in Wigan in August 2023.

The Bolton Crown Court was played CCTV of the accident, which Ms. Skadwell said “ruined her life”.

Former Vigan Academy player, 21-year-old Qian Monks, who convicted a serious injury to dangerous driving, was sentenced to two years and three months, while E-bike owner and passenger, 22-year-old Joeling was suspended.

The 22 -year -old admitted to severe injuries by dangerous driving for dangerous driving and assistance.

The punishment for pilling is the first of its kind in Britain for an electric motorcycle passenger.

A toxicology report found that monks, who were an academy player from the age of seven and played for Under 18 of Wigan Athletic in 2020/21, conducted a positive test for canbis at the time of the accident.

The court heard that at that time he was 20, who was 20 years old, “bought an electric motorbike from a friend” for £ 3,200 “.

An prosecution examination found that the single-seat Talaria E-Back, which is capable of 55MPH, had severe road defects, including the rear brake pads, which was cut by the court, which was cut down by the court.

The court was told that the two people were driving between 39mph and 41Mph, before they hit the 70 -year -old man in the area where the speed limit is 30mph.

The two people, along with the billing monks, were arrested at a nearby taxi rank after changing their clothes, ran away with the monks.

The monks, who were 19 years old at the time of the incident, repeatedly told the court that they “thought” [he] He was going to die “He was constantly from injuries and” wanted to die with his mother “.

He told the court that he did not remember to run e-bike until he was interviewed by the police for the second time when he was presented with CCTV footage.

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Judge John Close rejected the evidence of the monks, calling it “incredible” and “incompatible” because he tried to pill the defect as a driver.

The defense argued, which is without a club since July 2022, after maintaining an ankle injury of a career, “a young man who lost his path” was.

Men face another fee to fail to provide a sample.

Judge John disqualified both men from driving.

Monks face a four -year ban, while pilling is banned for two years.

Ms. Scoldwell’s family is now calling the government to strengthen the law around e-bike.

In a statement after Ms. scalledwell was sentenced, “The selfishness of these men has ruined my life.”

Before the collision, “I was an independent woman” and “always had a smile on my face”.

Now she said that “my life is inhuman … A long list of hospital appointments is short” with “no end” and she can no longer “walk wash or feed”.

“Any sentence will not bring my health back. But I will not beat them because I can do the best I can.”

His daughter Michelle Glister, who was taking care of her mother during the sentence, said “the law needs to be changed and the punishment needs to start a crime”.

In a statement, the chief partner of the express soliciter Robin Pate, who represents Ms. Scalledwell, said: “There is no strong obstacle for these illegal e-bikers in the minute to prevent them from creating havoc on the streets.

“Hopefully, these sentences can help reduce the police on the risk of careless e-bike riders.

“The law needs to immediately catch with these criminals and technology.”

A department of the transport spokesperson said: “Dangerous cycling is completely unacceptable, and our roads are safety is an important priority for this government.

“This is why the government is offering new crimes and punishment for dangerous cycling, which is more than 160 years old, to ensure that small minorities who negligent negligence faces others, face full force of law.”