WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU FAIL TO STOP AND ASSIST AFTER VEHICLE IMPACT CAUSING DEATH OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM?
The criminal offence of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or grievous bodily harm is a serious indictable offence that can have severe consequences. Criminal Lawyers Group have been recognised as the leading criminal law firm in NSW for securing the best outcomes for clients who have been charged with the offence of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or grievous bodily harm.
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WHAT IS THE OFFENCE OF FAIL TO STOP AND ASSIST AFTER VEHICLE IMPACT CAUSING DEATH OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM?
Section 52AB of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) constitutes the criminal offence of fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or bodily harm as having occurred if:
- a vehicle being driven by the person is involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person, and
- the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the vehicle has been involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person, and
- the person fails to stop and give any assistance that may be necessary and that it is in his or her power to give.
WHAT IS THE PUNISHMENT OF FAIL TO STOP AND ASSIST AFTER VEHICLE IMPACT CAUSING DEATH OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM?
The criminal offence of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or grievous bodily harm can have serious consequences, pursuant to Section 52AB of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) which provides for the maximum penalties of:
- 10 years imprisonment for anyone convicted of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact occasioning the death of another person.
- 7 years imprisonment for anyone convicted of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact occasioning grievous bodily harm to another person.
MAN CHARGED AFTER FATAL HIT AND RUN
Gurpreet Singh was arrested and charged with multiple serious driving offences including failing to stop and assist after causing death, following allegations that he ran over a grandfather in Western Sydney and left him for dead.
Mr Singh left the country a few days after the alleged incident occurred, before returning to Australia and being arrested at Sydney International Airport.
The criminal offence of failing to stop and assist after causing death is alleged to have occurred on 30 June 2024 and entirely caught on CCTV, with emergency services called at approximately 11.30pm after reports that an injured man had been found by a member of the public on the side of the road. The injured man was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Mr Singh appeared at Sydney Local Court where the Court heard that he was seen in Seven Hills at least 6 hours after the crash swapping the car that he drove for a rental van, which he argued was for the purpose of completing another delivery job in Newcastle.
The Police Prosecutor argued that it was not feasible that the accused didn’t realise that he had hit the grandfather, relying on footage which he claims did not paint a pretty picture and claiming the accused is a danger to the community.
Mr Singh was granted bail on the condition that he must not sit in the driver’s side of a vehicle, he must reside at his residence in Melonba, and must surrender his passport.
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