Youth who nearly killed woman is knocked off bike
A DRIVER who ploughed into a dog walker, flinging her into the air and killing her pet, has had his sentencing delayed after he was knocked off his bicycle by a car.
Kallum Aish, then 17, was at the wheel of a Renault Clio when he lost control, hitting Patricia Faulkner and her Staffordshire bull terrier Millie, in the Great Barr area of Birmingham on July 22, 2020.
He later admitted six offences – causing serious injury by dangerous driving, criminal damage, failing to stop after a crash, driving while unlicensed / uninsured, and possession of cannabis.
A previous hearing at Birmingham Crown Court in June heard the teenager was being treated for leukaemia, meaning he was not well enough for his case to be dealt with.
Aish has yet to be sentenced for the offences. This week a judge was told by Aish’s barrister, Amanda
O’Mara, that the now-19-year-old had been riding a bicycle when he was “hit by a car – not wearing a helmet – and sustained a head injury”.
She said he is now waiting to see a specialist for a metal plate to be fitted,
is being treated for anaemia, and is due to undergo a round of stem cell treatment.
Aish’s case has been subject to several adjournments, since he first appeared before the city’s magistrates in January 2021, charged with the driving offences.
The incident involving Ms Faulkner happened in Doe Bank Lane, Great Barr, throwing her over a hedge and leaving her badly injured.
CCTV footage of the crash was released in the aftermath by police as part of an appeal for information.
It showed the blue Renault losing control in a cloud of tyre smoke, then crossing the carriageway, hitting Ms Faulkner on the opposite side of the road, before disappearing into undergrowth.
Judge Hurst said: “Obviously he has to be here to be sentenced and he has to be fit enough to receive any sentence.”
He adjourned the case for a new hearing back at the same court, on April 8.
Aish, of Finchley Road, Kingstanding, has previously been warned to expect a sentence behind bars.