Police officer faces jail for dangerous driving on a 999 call which left boy, 15, paralysed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA police officer is facing a possible jail sentence after a jury convicted her of causing serious injury to a boy of 15 while driving dangerously on a 999 call.
PC Sarah De Meulemeester, 26, topped 61mph on 30mph limit roads and went the wrong way round a traffic island en route to an emergency in Stockport on Boxing Day, 2020.
Her patrol car crashed into Khia Whitehead, 15, on Garners Lane in Adswood, Stockport, leaving him catastrophic brain injuries. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Today a jury found PC De Meulemeester guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The officer, of Mill Court, Chinley, Derbyshire, had admitted her driving was careless but denied it was dangerous. They returned their verdicts after just two hours and 30 minutes of deliberations following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
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