A driver was prosecuted after colliding with a motorcyclist who had no licence or insurance and also fled the scene.
The biker was left with a broken wrist and pelvis, required surgery and was bedbound for eight weeks following the smash in Ossett, Wakefield. Driver Daniel Giles appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he admitted causing serious injury through careless driving. Prosecutor Daniel Ingham said Giles had been heading along Leeds Road at around 5.30pm on January 7, 2023. It was dark and conditions were wet, the court heard.
Giles, 54, was arrested and during his police interview admitted that he had not seen the biker. He has no previous convictions. Mitigating, Katherine White pointed to Giles remaining at the scene and doing everything possible, while the unlicensed biker fled. Miss White said: 'This is not to take blame away, he is extremely remorseful. He accepts his involvement. He has never been or ever likely to be again, before the courts.
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