Personal Injury Buckinghamshire
Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie has been banned from the roads for 15 months, fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after being found guilty of careless driving.
The former 100m champion was cleared of dangerous driving.
The 51-year-old, from Twickenham, west London, crashed his Audi A8 head-on into a taxi while driving on the wrong side of the road in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, on May 8 last year.
Four people, including a newlywed bride and her husband, were hurt.
‘I wish to express my deepest regret to all concerned and sincerely apologise for any suffering caused,’ Christie said after the trial.
‘This terrible accident was caused by a momentary lapse in what has been over 30 years of driving safely and carefully.’
One of four people injured in the crash, Michael Burt, 61, said he was ‘very disappointed’ with the outcome of the case at Aylesbury crown court.
source: metro.co.uk
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