Driver free after 10 pint hit and run; COURT.A DRUNK driver who left a man crippled crip·ple n. 1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple. 2. A damaged or defective object or device. tr.v. walked free from court yesterday. Trainee social worker Danielle McKewon, 30, had downed 10 pints and two cans of lager before she hit Christopher Kelly Sir Christopher William Kelly KCB (born 18 August 1946 in Bromley, Kent, England), is the current Chairman of the NSPCC and a former senior Civil Servant. He is the son of Dr. Reginald Kelly (1917-90), a former President of the Association of British Neurologists. , 45, and his dog, who died, in May. Mr Kelly, an HGV HGV (in Britain, formerly) heavy goods vehicle HGV (Brit) n abbr (Hist) (= heavy goods vehicle) → Lkw m driver, is now in a wheelchair. McKewon left the scene but was found at her home nearby in Shilbottle, Northumberland. She had 139 micrograms of alcohol in 100mls of breath, nearly four times the limit. She admitted driving with excess alcohol, careless driving and failing to stop after an accident. Magistrates in Alnwick gave McKewon 300 hours' community service and banned her for five years. Road safety charity Brake asked: "What do you have to do to get sent to prison?" |
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