Two teenage boys accused of attempting to murder a pedestrian hit by a car in Brampton have admitted a less serious charge.
Harvey Oliver, then aged 19, was taken to hospital following the crash, which involved a sky blue Audi, on Carlisle Road, on Friday, August 19. Police had received a call at 4.20pm that he was unconscious on the ground. Now aged 20, Mr Oliver was later discharged after treatment.
CCTV was checked in the aftermath. This showed the Audi performing a U-turn before the collision. Prosecutor Pam Ward told a magistrates’ court hearing four days after the incident: “It then crossed the road, mounted a pavement and collided with the injured party at speed.”
A partial registration was passed to police officers.
In the aftermath, police charged the two boys, now both aged 16, with attempted murder although in court hearings that followed they did not enter pleas to that allegation. It is no longer being pursued.
When they appeared at Carlisle Crown Court this afternoon, the boys pleaded not guilty to an alternative charge alleging that they caused Mr Oliver grievous bodily harm with intent.
Instead they admitted jointly attempting to unlawfully and maliciously cause Mr Oliver grievous bodily harm with intent to do so.
Mrs Ward had told the earlier magistrates’ court hearing the younger of the two boys was the passenger with the older teen driving. The younger boy told police he “kept saying ‘don’t’” to the older boy immediately before the incident.
In court today, the older boy also admitted causing serious injury to Mr Oliver by driving a different car dangerously during an incident almost five months earlier. That occurred at Elmfield Road in Brampton on May 27. In relation to that incident, the teen further admitted driving without a licence and also having no insurance for the vehicle.
Judge Nicholas Barker adjourned the case, telling both boys as they sat in the court dock that a sentencing hearing had been fixed for February 3. Background reports were ordered.
The older boy will remain in youth custody until then while the younger teenager was bailed to an address in the Eden Valley.
