R v Elliot Bower, Declan Bower, Mason Cartledge: Sentencing remarks of HHJ Jeremy Richardson QC
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 28 January 2019 |
| Court | Crown Court |
| Subject Matter | Criminal |
SENTENCING REMARKS
OF
THE RECORDER OF SHEFFIELD
HIS HONOUR JUDGE JEREMY RICHARDSON QC
AT
THE CROWN COURT AT SHEFFIELD
SITTING AT DONCASTER
ON
MONDAY 28TH JANUARY 2019
REGINA
V
ELLIOT MASON CHRISTIAN BOWER
DECLAN BOWER
And
MASON CARTLEDGE
Preamble
You may all remain seated. You must listen with care to what I am about to
say.
In the printed version of these sentencing remarks there will be headings for
ease of reference.
These sentencing remarks will be made available to you, your lawyers, the
press and the public a short while after the conclusion of this hearing. I also
direct that the printed version of these remarks shall be placed within the
relevant section of the Digital Case System.
Introduction
1. Elliot Bower, you are aged 19 years.
Declan Bower, you are aged 23 years.
Mason Cartledge, you are aged 18 years.
2. Elliot Bower and Cartledge you were aged 18 and 17, respectively, when
the events of 9th November 2018 occurred.
3. All of you fall for sentence for your part in crimes that have led to the
death of four innocent people and the infliction of life-changing injuries
on three others. You have visited a catastrophe of the highest
magnitude on two families. I am fully aware of the truly dreadful
consequences for the innocent survivors of this shocking incident and
the consequences for the family members of those that died. The
Personal Statements that have been read to the court this morning
reveals the enormity of the consequences for two families.
4. Each one of you – in a differing way – is responsible for the devastation
of the highest magnitude visited upon two innocent families.
5. Those killed and maimed as a result of your criminal conduct were the
following. Each one was a wholly innocent victim of your crimes. The
four that died were killed instantaneously by the force of the impact:
The Deceased
Adnan Ashraf – aged 35, was the driver in the driving seat.
Mohammed Usman Bin Adnan – aged just 16 months and the
infant son of Adnan Ashraf. He was in the rear of the vehicle.
Miroslav Duna – aged 50 and seated in the rear.
Vlasta Dunova – aged 44, seated in the rear, and the wife of
Miroslav Duna.
The Injured
Nicola Dunova – the daughter of Miroslav Duna and Vlasta
Dunova. Her parents were killed that night. She is now an
orphan. She sustained traumatic brain injury, a fractured spine,
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