Scotland Yard must pay around £500,000 in court costs and compensation to the family of an antiques dealer run over and killed by a police van, despite a High Court judge saying the pedestrian was more to blame.
A policeman who fatally injured an elderly antiques dealer while doing 23mph in a 20mph zone on his way to an emergency is being sued for over £450,000 by the dead man’s family.
A 70-year-old woman who was put in a coma and had all her teeth knocked out when hit by an e-bike capable of 55 mph has called on ministers to “get a grip” of the “menace” plaguing Britain’s streets.