Convictions Round-Up 1

A learner driver who led the Police in a chase reaching speeds of more than 100mph has been disqualified from driving for three years. Daniel Avory, 21, was driving his black Vauxhall Astra along Forty Foot Bank, Benwick, on 31 January when officers travelling in the opposite direction were made aware the vehicle had no insurance. They caught up and signalled for him to pull over but he ignored them and accelerated. The pursuit reached speeds of more than 100mph through nearby villages, narrowly missing other vehicles and road workers. Read more at:

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/dangerous-driver-sentenced.A man who carried out an unprovoked stabbing at an annual festival near Peterborough has been given an indefinite hospital order. Jamie Thomas, 23, confronted Campbell MacKay, 37, as he walked away from the Straw Bear Festival, in Whittlesey, with a friend at about 3pm on 13 January. Thomas, who knew Mr MacKay’s friend but not him, began trying to goad both men into having a fight. They refused and Mr MacKay, a father-of-one, tried to calm the situation but Thomas responding by producing a knife and plunging it into his stomach.
Read more at :

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/stabbing-straw-bear-festival.

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