Sunday 12 June 2022 10:55 PM Army Major blasts judge after uninsured driver who left him for dead walks free ... trends now
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A former Army Major mown down in a hit and run at the end of a 32-hour bike ride has spoken of his disbelief that the uninsured driver convicted of leaving him for dead had walked free.
Sandhurst-trained Cathal O’Reilly, 51, was five miles from completing his marathon trip when unemployed William Jones, 61, smashed into him.
Cathal O’Reilly was crashed into by William Jones Pictured: Cahal O'Reilly and Mrs Anne Fairey mother of Captain Alex Fairey Parachute Regiment at Wellington Barracks
The business consultant broke his back, pelvis and leg and is ‘lucky to be alive’ after being catapulted 65ft down the dual carriageway. He spent six weeks in hospital, had 22 hours of surgery, wore a neck brace for 14 weeks and is learning to walk again nine months on. Yesterday Mr O’Reilly criticised the justice system after Jones, who admitted careless driving, failing to stop after the accident, failing to report it and having no insurance, was granted bail by a Crown Court judge days after being sentenced to just 12 weeks in jail.
William Jones, 61, smashed into him and left him for dead
The unemployed motorist appealed against his sentence on the grounds it was too stiff and Judge Timothy Petts, sitting at Mold Crown Court, north
