Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Name and shame the little buggers.
Now the Crown Prosecution Service is to examine evidence heard by an inquest into the death of a 12-year-old boy on a bus, it was confirmed today.
Cowbridge Comprehensive School pupil Stuart Cunningham-Jones died in December 2002.
The bus he was travelling on left the road and crashed into a tree just outside his home village of Ystradowen, South Wales.
Earlier this week a jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
At an inquest lasting five days, Cardiff Coroner's Court heard that children on the bus had been misbehaving before the crash.
Chief Crown Prosecutor for South Wales Huw Heycock today confirmed that the CPS was asking for a transcript of the coroner's proceedings.
Mr Heycock said that a request for the transcript of the coroner's proceedings was usual in cases such as this and that it was to see if any new material had come to light in the proceedings.
"We would review the transcript to see if there is anything to re-review in the case."
In June last year, it was announced that the CPS had recommended to the police that there should be no criminal proceedings brought over the incident.
Previous press reports state that the misbehaving pupils cannot be named for legal reasons and that their stories do not add up. Sod that, name and shame the little buggers - then bring them to justice. Take the kid gloves off, they have to live in the real world. If they are so bashful about safety issues coming home from school then no employer should touch them with a barge pole. Poor bus driver did his level best by stopping and resolving the situation - only for the trip to later end in tragedy. When it gets like that, it is better to call a halt and throw the buggers off once and for all.
Now the Crown Prosecution Service is to examine evidence heard by an inquest into the death of a 12-year-old boy on a bus, it was confirmed today.
Cowbridge Comprehensive School pupil Stuart Cunningham-Jones died in December 2002.
The bus he was travelling on left the road and crashed into a tree just outside his home village of Ystradowen, South Wales.
Earlier this week a jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
At an inquest lasting five days, Cardiff Coroner's Court heard that children on the bus had been misbehaving before the crash.
Chief Crown Prosecutor for South Wales Huw Heycock today confirmed that the CPS was asking for a transcript of the coroner's proceedings.
Mr Heycock said that a request for the transcript of the coroner's proceedings was usual in cases such as this and that it was to see if any new material had come to light in the proceedings.
"We would review the transcript to see if there is anything to re-review in the case."
In June last year, it was announced that the CPS had recommended to the police that there should be no criminal proceedings brought over the incident.
Previous press reports state that the misbehaving pupils cannot be named for legal reasons and that their stories do not add up. Sod that, name and shame the little buggers - then bring them to justice. Take the kid gloves off, they have to live in the real world. If they are so bashful about safety issues coming home from school then no employer should touch them with a barge pole. Poor bus driver did his level best by stopping and resolving the situation - only for the trip to later end in tragedy. When it gets like that, it is better to call a halt and throw the buggers off once and for all.
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