Two 15-year-old boys have appeared in court accused of attempting to murder a pedestrian injured after a collision involving a car in Brampton.
Police lodged an appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage following an incident on Carlisle Road, Brampton, which was reported at around 4.20pm on Friday. It involved a sky blue Audi and a pedestrian.
The pedestrian was taken to hospital with injuries described by police as not believed to be life-threatening. He was later discharged.
Police, paramedics and an air ambulance had attended the scene, with a cordon put in place on Carlisle Road while enquiries were conducted.
At Carlisle Youth Court yesterday, August 23, two 15-year-old boys from north Cumbria appeared in the dock.
Sitting side-by-side, they listened to a legal advisor state that it was alleged they had attempted to murder the pedestrian on August 19.
During a 50-minute hearing in front of a district judge, both boys spoke to confirm their names, dates of birth and addresses. Relatives of the pair were also present in court.
After some legal submissions, one solicitor indicated there would be no plea by his client to the attempted murder allegation. A lawyer acting for the other teenager indicated a plea of not guilty.
Pam Ward, prosecuting, gave an outline of the allegations. Mrs Ward told how members of the public had helped provide medical care in the aftermath to the injured man — then aged 19 and now 20. He was said to have sustained a fracture to the base of his skull.
After hearing the prosecutor’s outline the district judge, John Temperley, concluded that the case should be sent to Carlisle Crown Court. The two teens are due to appear there in front of a judge on September 27.
In the meantime, one boy was granted bail on strict conditions by the district judge, who is due to rule on a bail application made on behalf of the second boy later today.
- One of the teen defendants also faces separate charges arising out of alleged incidents on May 27. These include allegedly causing serious injury by dangerous driving; and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
- Police have said a third male arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender in the aftermath of Friday’s incident had been released on police bail. Anyone with information is asked to report it via www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, call 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.
