I would hazard that she would be looking at Causing Death by Careless Driving - tried in the Mags - I wouldn’t take this to jury.
The tariff is as follows :
It all depends on the mitigation/aggravation.
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Yes I do.
The additional wrinkle is ‘fleeing from justice’, that can potentially bump up a punishment.
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Not really. While they cannot force criminal charges, the unlawful death would be prime for a civil trial. She will pay cash, not do time. And considering she was driving in a foreign country, I wonder what insurance she had in place, if any.
The cover-up punishment always has more bite than the infraction punishment.
Civil cases also have a lower burden of proof than criminal cases, so she will almost certainly lose.
Car insurance is a legal requirement in the UK.
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