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7 days agoLatest NewsComments Off on Teen suffers horror injuries after top race horse trainer sent him ‘flying through air’ when he ‘rammed bike with 4×4’
A TOP race horse trainer is accused of sending a teen “flying through the air” after ramming into his bike with his Land Rover.
Hughie Morrison, 64, allegedly left a 17-year-old needing surgery for a badly fractured leg after smashing into him with his 4×4 in a row over the youngster approaching his land.
Race horse trainer Hughie Morrison arrives at Reading Crown Court on a assault charge this morning[/caption]
He was left with two shattered legs and unable to walk for months[/caption]
Morrison denies causing serious injury by dangerous driving[/caption]
The Eton-educated estate owner, whose stables span 100 acres, is said to have flown into a rage after spotting the boy using a pit bike near his horse gallops in East Ilsley, Berkshire, on April 23 last year.
Prosecutor David Tremain told Reading Crown Court the victim and two of his friends had been riding along a public track called the Ridgeway, which was not open to vehicles, when the defendant heard their bikes and went to track them down in his Land Rover.
Morrison is said to have stopped to take photographs of the lads, who cannot be named for legal reasons, before accusing the victim of attempting to ride onto his gallops.
The 17-year-old allegedly responded “I’m just pushing it mate”.
Mr Tremain told the court the defendant then drove off after two of the youngsters, while the victim followed behind.
He said witnesses Adrienne Hopkins and Richard Skilbeck, who were out for a walk further down the track, saw Morrison overtake the third bike which they felt “was being chased by the Land Rover”.
Ms Hopkins described seeing Morrison perform a “hard swerve” which she took as a “deliberate attempt to stop the motorbike”, while Mr Skilbeck observed what looked like “an intentional and abrupt turn”.
The prosecutor continued: “The victim recounts the defendant having pulled over to one side, looking at him, before accelerating and swinging straight into him, causing him to go flying through the air, landing a few metres from the Land Rover.”
The victim was thrown from his bike and suffered a fracture to his right leg.
The walkers rang 999 and he was rushed to hospital where he underwent an operation to insert a metal rod into his shinbone, secured with screws near his ankle and knee.
Prosecutor Mr Tremain told the defendant: “I suggest you made a stupid decision to swerve to the right to stop him or scare him, and you realised at the moment you got out of your Land Rover what the consequences were.”
In a police interview, Morrison claimed the victim, who himself has two convictions for driving without insurance and without a licence, tried to overtake him as he steered right in order to make a sharp left turn at a junction on a narrow part of the track, causing the “accident”.
The 64-year-old told jurors he went up to the Ridgeway out of concern for horseriders and walkers, and because he believed the bikers would damage the gallops.
He added: “The way they went past our house and round a blind corner was extremely dangerous. As a result, I felt they could cause a serious incident with a horse. I have a duty of care to everybody using those gallops.”
Morrison admitted he spoke to the victim, before heading back in the direction he had come from.
He said he momentarily saw the boy appear in his rear-view mirror and then through his off-side window, before feeling the impact of him hitting the car.
Describing the moments before the smash, he said: “I saw the victim around ten metres behind me – bang in the middle of my mirror. He was in the prone position to go as fast as possible.
“He was leaning forwards with his head on the handlebars. He had to be travelling very fast because I saw him for a split second before he disappeared.
“I had already started manoeuvring, I was halfway across the track. I next saw him out of the driver side window about an arm’s length away.
“When I saw him there I didn’t know what to do. His front wheel had already caught my front wheel. There was an impact. It was confusing.”
The court heard how the defendant left the scene before the police or ambulance had arrived – but flagged officers down and told them he had been involved in a collision.
Morrison denied fleeing the accident, instead claiming he gave directions to emergency call handlers, performed a shock test on the victim, and acted as his “chief comforter”.
He told the jury: “In the moment, I was only concerned about looking after the boy. I didn’t think I had done anything wrong.
“My whole concern was to make sure he had proper and speedy medical attention…He was in immense pain.
“I have never heard anybody scream like that. It was very unpleasant for everyone and unnerving.”
Morrison denies causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
7 days agoLatest NewsComments Off on Luke Littler visits cafe and ‘nobody recognises him’ – then has special breakfast dish named after him
LUKE LITTLER has seen a staple dish at a breakfast cafe renamed after him following a surprise visit.
Littler, made a shock visit to Truffles in Ironbridge, Shropshire, on Saturday morning before the Grand Slam of Darts semi-final and final in Wolverhampton.
Luke Littler paid a visit to Truffles in Ironbridge, Shropshire, before winning the Grand Slam of Darts the next day[/caption]
Littler posed for photos with members of staff including Zoe[/caption]
Littler, here taking a picture with staff member Dylan, went unnoticed until one of the kitchen staff recognised him[/caption]
And it seems his order of beans on toast with extra scrambled egg had the magic ingredient as he went on to thrash Jermaine Wattimena 16-2 in the Saturday quarter-final.
Littler then beat Gary Anderson 16-15 in his thrilling semi-final on Sunday, before demolishing Martin Lukeman 16-3 in the final to win his first darts major and pocket more than £150,000.
Owner Jenny Barratt told BBC Radio Shropshire how the teen went unrecognised at first before one of the kitchen staff recognised him.
She said: “Nobody recognised him until one of our staff members who works in the kitchen came out and said, ‘Luke Littler‘s just come in!'”
The 17-year-old is said to have walked into the cafe with “beefy” security guards, but described him as a “nice guy” who was “down to earth“.
When it was announced he was there, the cafe’s WhatsApp group burst into life.
However, Ms Barratt insisted on keeping the news off of Facebook to ensure Littler could eat in peace, though he did pose for some photos with staff members including Zoe and Dylan later on.
She added: “Some of our staff members were able to get a couple of photos.
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“He wanted no trouble at all. We kept it off Facebook for a bit so he was able to just have his breakfast in peace.
“[We’re] quite honoured, really, because there’s a few cafes up and down here [and] they chose us.”
Ms Barratt admitted she was left a bit surprised Littler did not go for the full-breakfast option, but has revealed the beans on toast with scrambled egg dish will be renamed “The Luke Littler“.
Littler will next be in action in the Players Championship final, where he will first face off against World No.4 Rob Cross.
If Littler can win the whole competition then he will go above Voltage in the world rankings to No.4 in time for the World Championships at Ally Pally.
The Nuke will be out to rewrite the record after losing the World Championship in the final last year to World No.1 Luke Humphries.
Littler has earned a million in prize money from his first year of professional darts, nearly £600,000 is ranked on the Order of Merit which determines the world rankings.
Luke Littler prize money breakdown
Here is all the prize money Luke Littler has won so far after his Grand Slam of Darts victory:
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