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Заголовок EXCLUSIVE Teenager who killed dog walker on pedestrian crossing while speeding on an uninsured motorbike avoids jail because there isn't enough prison space
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EXCLUSIVE Teenager who killed dog walker on pedestrian crossing while speeding on
an uninsured motorbike avoids jail because there isn't enough prison space

EXCLUSIVE Teenager who killed dog walker on pedestrian crossing while speeding
on an uninsured motorbike avoids jail because there isn't enough prison space

By Andrew Levy

Published: 20:45 BST, 20 September 2024 | Updated: 23:27 BST, 20 September
2024

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A teenager who killed a dog walker on a pedestrian crossing while speeding on
an uninsured motorbike he was driving for the first time was spared jail today
after the judge said there wasn’t enough space in prisons.

CJ Fitt was 17 when he raced towards the crossing at up to 50mph on his Yamaha
125CC in wet and overcast conditions.

Witnesses who saw him moments before he ploughed into Lucy Machin, 55,
described him riding like anidiot’ and a ‘wally’.

Mrs Machin, who was described by her husband asrisk averse’ and ‘attentive’
of her surroundings because she had rheumatoid arthritis, sustained a
‘catastrophic’ head injury and died in hospital.

Scaffolder Fitt, who is now 18, initially denied causing death by careless
driving but changed his plea to guilty. He also admitted causing death by
driving while uninsured.

CJ Fitt was 17 when he killed a dog walker on a pedestrian crossing while
speeding on an uninsured motorbike he was driving for the first time. He has
today avoided jail time

Lucy Machin (pictured with her husband Robert), who was described by her
husband asrisk averse’ and ‘attentive’ of her surroundings because she had
rheumatoid arthritis, sustained a ‘catastrophic’ head injury and died in
hospital

Witnesses who saw him moments before he ploughed into Mrs Machin (pictured),
55, described him riding like anidiot’ and a ‘wally’

Handing him a nine-month sentence, suspended for two years, Judge Andrew Shaw
said: ‘Although it might be said that causing someone's death by careless
driving is so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence is justified,
in the case of someone as young as you, it is too superficial an analysis.

‘I have to weigh in your age, the state of overcrowding in the prison estate,
and how long you would serve if sent to a young offenders institution.’

Counsellor Mrs Machin, who had been married for 23 years and had an adopted
son who was 15 at the time of the crash in November 2022, was diagnosed with
rheumatoid arthritis in 1989.

She helped cope with the ‘debilitating illness’ by keeping up an exercise
regime that included twice-daily walks with her dog, Rosie, that took her over
the crossing near her home in Norwich, Norfolk.

Fitt, who also lived in the city, had owned his motorbike for three months
before the accident• Страхование » Несчастный случай and had passed his basic test but had not ridden it on the
road
because he was saving up for the insurance• Страхование.

Prosecutor Lynne Shirley said the defendant decided to use the bike on the
morning of the crash because his father, who usually took him, had an accident• Страхование » Несчастный случай
in his car the day before.

Motorist David Creed was approaching the pedestrian crossing when he saw the
bike, which had an L-plate, come ‘roaring past’.

Scaffolder Fitt, who is now 18, initially denied causing death by careless
driving but changed his plea to guilty. He also admitted causing death by
driving while uninsured

Counsellor Mrs Machin, who had been married for 23 years and had an adopted
son (pictured) who was 15 at the time of the crash in November 2022, was
diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1989

He said in a statement: ‘I remember thinking “You idiotbecause of the road
and weather conditions and him coming up• Музыка » Музыкальные произведения » Музыкальный альбом » Альбомы Suede » Coming Up to the lights on a left-hand bend.

‘The visibility was not that great because of the drizzle.’

Another driver, Eleanor Sprake, was overtaken by Fitt and thought to herself
‘What a wally’ because of his speed in the moments before he hit Mrs Machin.

CCTV analysis showed Fitt was riding at between 41-50mph on the 30mph road.

Ms Shirley said the traffic lights on the crossing would have been amber if he
had been riding at more than 47mph and red if he had been going any slower on
the 30mph limit road.

She added he would have had time to stop if travelling 30mph or less and
avoiding his victim would even have been ‘achievable’ at 45mph.

Mrs Machin’s husband, Robert, said in a victim impact statement that her death
had a ‘brutal’ effect on him and his son Joe and he believed it had
contributed to her ‘heartbroken’ father’s death a few months later.

He added: ‘The criminal and civil case surrounding the sudden death of Lucy
continues to weigh heavily on us.

‘I am not angry or consumed by revenge. I am just sad.’

Norwich Crown Court where motorcyclist CJ Fitt was sentenced for causing the
death of dog walker Lucy Machin by careless driving

One of Mrs Machin’s sisters, Alison, said she had always organised family
events and was the ‘social glue who helped bind us together’.

Her death had left her feeling like she was ‘walking around wearing chainmail
or a heavy blanket’ and suffering panic attacks.

Jude Durr, defending, said his client had expressed significant remorse and
empathy towards Mrs Machin and her family.

Judge Shaw told Fitt he had been ‘impatient to have independence’, adding:
You were not taking care. You were over-confident and riding at a speed which
was entirely unsuitable for the prevailing conditions.’

He described Mrs Machin as a much-loved woman who waswise, funny,
intelligent, and stoic in the face of a debilitating illness’.

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