Appeal of sentence: Allan Scott killed by Paul Vance

Donga said:

You would recall the death of Allan Scott in a hit-run on the Gold
Coast, last year shortly
before the Ride of Silence. The driver was Paul Vance - finally
located after some days.

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Vance was found guilty of causing the death of Burleigh Heads father
Allan
Keith Scott, 54, and sentenced by Judge Fleur Kingham, in Southport
District
Court on Tuesday, to two years' jail, suspended after six months. He
was
also disqualified from driving for five years.

The Attorney General is appealing the sentence. It will be held
tomorrow, Tuesday 24 July,
10.15am in the Banco Court, 2nd Floor, 304 George St, Brisbane, open
to the general public.

Donga

thanks Donga... depending on appeal papers and arguments it may not conclude straight away, keep us inter-stater's posted huh?.

On a similar note, on the 25th the Vic Coroner is due to hand down a report into the death of James Gould. I am hoping a constructive and balanced report on society's attitude to the growth of cycling, increased road use for recreation and commuting by bicyclists and the issues faced by all vulnerable road users will be offered.

No doubt the media will be in an anti cycling frenzy no matter what.

Also the sentencing of David Plumpton is not far off. This is the sad case of the death of Matty Cole.

(from The Age July5 2007): A former Victorian state cricketer charged over the hit-and-run death of a cyclist had not slept for 24 hours prior to the incident and had consumed beer and bourbon, a court was told on Thursday. David Plumpton, of the Melbourne suburb of Pascoe Vale South, hit avid cyclist Matthew Cole, 32, in Plenty Road, Bundoora, on January 22, 2005. Mr Cole, who was riding two abreast with a friend, died at the scene. Plumpton fled, travelling at speeds estimated at up to 150km/h and running a red light before dumping his car in a park around six kilometres away from the accident scene.(see full article here)

rooman said:

No doubt the media will be in an anti cycling frenzy no matter what.

Yep no doubt... any more news of the cyclist hit and killed this morning in and around Dandenong ? I just have not heard anything other than the brief reports from the usual media outlets of a "Car and Bike colliding".

MikeyOz said:

Yep no doubt... any more news of the cyclist hit and killed this morning in and around Dandenong ? I just have not heard anything other than the brief reports from the usual media outlets of a "Car and Bike colliding".

minimal,

just this extra snippet from the Tele earlier:

Quoted post said:

The cyclist and the city-bound car collided on the South Gippsland Highway at Dandenong about 5.40am (AEST), Victoria Police said.

Police said the cyclist, a Chinese national aged in his 20s, was trying to cross the highway between Pound Road and Abbotts Road.

He died at the scene.

The sole occupant of the car, a 55-year-old man from Cranbourne, was taken to the Dandenong District Hospital hospital to be treated for shock.

The accident closed the South Gippsland Highway in both directions between Pound and Abbotts roads.

The accident brings the state's road toll to 176, one more than this time last year

On Jul 23, 6:13 pm, rooman <rooman.2u6...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

thanks Donga... depending on appeal papers and arguments it may not

conclude straight away, keep us inter-stater's posted huh?.

I made it along for the first half hour, during which the DPP made its
submission and the defence made most of his. I will order the
transcript and judgement and pass it on. I got the feeling the tide
was with the appeal - the DPP made a fairly good case, the defence was
a bit scrappy and the three judges were fairly vigorous in questioning
or disputing some of the assertions.

The sentence under appeal was 2 years suspended after 6 months. The
DPP submission was for a sentence of 3 1/2 years suspended after 15
months. The defence submitted 18 months wholly suspended. Note: since
the incident, Qld Parliament legislated a maximum 14 years prison if a
person reasonably knew someone was killed or injured and leaves the
scene of a crash - Vance was tried on the law of the time.

Rather than summarising it now, I might wait for the judgement and
transcript, when they are available.

Donga

Donga said:

On Jul 23, 6:13 pm, rooman <rooman.2u6...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

thanks Donga... depending on appeal papers and arguments it may not

conclude straight away, keep us inter-stater's posted huh?.

I made it along for the first half hour, during which the DPP made its
submission and the defence made most of his. I will order the
transcript and judgement and pass it on. I got the feeling the tide
was with the appeal - the DPP made a fairly good case, the defence was
a bit scrappy and the three judges were fairly vigorous in questioning
or disputing some of the assertions.

The sentence under appeal was 2 years suspended after 6 months. The
DPP submission was for a sentence of 3 1/2 years suspended after 15
months. The defence submitted 18 months wholly suspended. Note: since
the incident, Qld Parliament legislated a maximum 14 years prison if a
person reasonably knew someone was killed or injured and leaves the
scene of a crash - Vance was tried on the law of the time.

Rather than summarising it now, I might wait for the judgement and
transcript, when they are available.

Donga

Transcript is always interesting. Sometimes very interesting to compare transcript with what is reported in the daily papers. Take the Haneef first interview transcript for instance....

SteveA