{"id":2821,"date":"2007-10-17T15:46:03","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/10\/17\/boxer-khan-on-trial-over-dangerous-driving\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T17:22:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:22:01","slug":"boxer-khan-on-trial-over-dangerous-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/17\/boxer-khan-on-trial-over-dangerous-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Khan on trial over dangerous driving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BOTLON boxer Amir Khan was driving dangerously when he sped through red lights and knocked over a pedestrian, a court has heard.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The 20-year-old, who has denied a charge of dangerous driving, hit pedestrian Geoffrey Hatton in the Bradshawgate area of Bolton on 2 March last year after driving through a red light, Bolton Crown Court heard. <\/div>\n

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Mt Hatton had been walking to a pub following the end of his work shift when he was struck by Khan. He broke his leg in the crash after the collision with Khan\u2019s BMW convertible. <\/div>\n

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Mr Alaric Bassano, prosecuting, told the court, Khan was well in excess of the speed limit when he approached the junction with Great Moor Street during rush hour traffic. <\/div>\n

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He said Khan moved into a right-turn only lane and sped on through the red light. <\/div>\n

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Mr Bassano said: “As he did so some pedestrians were on the pelican crossing.<\/div>\n

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“One of the pedestrians, the last one to cross, was Geoffrey Hatton. <\/div>\n

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“He was in the carriageway as the defendant was driving through the junction. He evidently panicked and he turned back towards the pavement. <\/div>\n

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“He moved into the defendant’s line of traffic and the defendant’s vehicle hit him.” <\/div>\n

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Mr Bassano said Khan was guilty of dangerous driving regardless of whether or not there had been a collision. <\/div>\n

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“It was the cumulative effect of three factors taken together which rendered the defendant’s driving dangerous. <\/div>\n

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“Speed, overtaking in the wrong lane and driving through a red light,” he said. <\/div>\n

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He added that Khan’s vehicle, which he said was capable of rapid acceleration, reached a top speed of 47mph during the incident which was captured on CCTV and shown to the jury.<\/div>\n

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Mr Hutton told the court he screamed ‘I’ve lost my leg’ when he was hit by Khan.<\/div>\n

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The boxer remained at the scene of the crash and was arrested and interviewed by police three months later when he made no comment. <\/div>\n

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The trial continues.<\/div>\n

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BOTLON boxer Amir Khan was driving dangerously when he sped through red lights and knocked over a pedestrian, a court has heard. The 20-year-old, who has denied a charge of dangerous driving, hit pedestrian Geoffrey Hatton in the Bradshawgate area of Bolton on 2 March last year after driving through a red light, Bolton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}