Crash! Bang! Wallop!
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Re: Crash! Bang! Wallop!
*COURT REPORT*
FIVE AND DRIVE
#brahmsandliszt
FIVE AND DRIVE
#brahmsandliszt
He was driving a white Ford Focus eastbound about 10.10pm on 27 February 2020 when he crashed into the back of a purple Renault Zoe travelling in the same direction.
Two of the passengers in the Renault – Gillian Casey, 75, (pictured right) of Turnbull Road, Chichester, and Elizabeth Wales, known as Anne Wales, 80, (pictured left) of Melbourne Road, Chichester – were both tragically pronounced dead at the scene. A third passenger sustained serious injuries, while a fourth passenger and the driver received minor injuries.
Dowling, 29, of Woolmer Street, Emsworth, also sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment, where a blood sample was taken for analysis more than four hours later. This showed he had 97mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system. The legal limit is 80mg.
Investigations also revealed he was travelling far in excess of the 70mph limit at the time of impact, and witnesses described him overtaking them at excess speed, and only at the very last second.
In contrast, the Renault was driving well within the speed limit in the nearside lane, and was fully illuminated and visible to other road users.
Dowling was later interviewed and answered “no comment” to all questions put to him. But enquiries showed he had consumed at least five pints of lager at The Heron public house in Petersfield shortly before the collision.
He was subsequently summonsed to court to face charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
At Portsmouth Crown Court on 28 April, Dowling pleaded guilty to all three offences and the case was adjourned for sentencing.
On Friday 2 July, he was sentenced to a total of eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment, of which he must serve half, and disqualified from driving for six-and-a-half years.
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