PC Sarah De Meulemeester was clocked at 61mph on the 30mph road on Boxing Day, 2020.
A cop is facing a jail after a jury convicted her of causing serious brain injuries to a 15-year-old boy while driving dangerously on a 999 call.
The jury returned verdicts after only. two hours and 30 minutes of deliberations after the trial at Liverpool Crown Court. The judge slapped the PC an interim driving disqualification until sentencing, and thanked Khia's family and friends in the public gallery who he said had 'behaved impeccably throughout the trial notwithstanding the emotional charged nature' of it.
The court heard PC De Meulemeester had slowed before the impact. The junior officer had been handed a 'basic driving authority' by GMP which meant she had to stick to the Highway Code when she responded to emergencies, the jury was told. The officer said that although she admitted careless driving she did not accept her driving was dangerous.
After joining GMP she said she was handed a 'basic driving authority' after spending half-an-hour 'driving around' with a senior colleague. She agreed she knew this 'authority' did not give her powers to ignore traffic laws and that she still had to abide by the Highway Code when responding to incidents.
The jurors were told she had slowed to around 40mph close to a railway bridge and PC Meulemeester said this may have been to allow another police car to overtake hers. She said she thought she had slowed down but, asked if she could have down more, the defendant replied: "I'm not sure."
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