Police car hitting female passerby officer accused driving police officer of committing crime for non-selfish punishment for 120 hours

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Written by: Lu Leqian

2020-07-06 11:49

When a 46-year-old male police officer drove a police car to the Yumin Centre in March last year to deal with a fainting incident, she hit a female passerby at the junction of Hong Ning Road and Zhenhua Road in Sau Mau Ping, causing her to fracture her skull. The policeman was convicted of a crime of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to another person last month. He was postponed and sentenced to Kwun Tong Court today (6th). The defense presented several letters of appeal, among which the letters written by the defendant revealed that his wife had cancer earlier. The defendant felt depressed and anxious after the incident, and failed to fall asleep at most, and required psychological counseling. The defense also said that the defendant had served the police force well for 25 years, and now feels very regretful and hopes to apologize to the injured, so he prays for a light sentence. The magistrate pointed out that considering the defendant's crime was driven by the whole heart instead of selfishness and dangerous driving, the defendant was lightly sentenced to a 120-hour social service order and suspended for 24 months.

The defendant Chen Jiajie (age 46), a senior police officer, was charged with one count of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm. The charge is that he was driving a police car dangerously at the junction of Hong Ning Road and Zhenhua Road in Xiumaoping on March 8, 2019, causing Jiang Yiping to be seriously injured; the defendant was convicted earlier.

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The defense stated that the defendant "contained tears" when receiving psychological counseling, which shows that he deeply regrets

The defense has presented multiple letters of appeal, alleging that the wife of the defendant had cancer earlier and is now recovering. However, the defendant felt anxious and depressed after the incident, and when he received psychological counseling, he "did tears", which shows that the defendant deeply regrets it. The defense also quoted the pleading letter from the defendant's boss and friends, saying that the defendant joined the ambulance team since childhood and has always been committed to helping others. After joining the police, he has a good working attitude. In recent years, he has also been assigned to act as a sand exhibition officer. Therefore, he prayed that the court should consider the defendant's background and the special nature of the case and lightly sentence the defendant. The accused himself also wrote a confession letter, referring to his inner guilt, hoping to apologize to the victim, and referring to how late he was affected by the incident and failing to fall asleep.

The magistrate stated in the sentence that the defendant did not deny that he was inadvertently involved in the case and was convicted after the trial, but taking into account the content of the pleading letter written by the defendant, plus the whole reason for accepting the defendant's crime The first-aid person was not in danger of driving because of his own private interests, so he lightly sentenced the defendant to a 120-hour social service order and required a suspension of trading for 24 months.

Case number: KCCC 1555/2019

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