BAN FOR DEATH CRASH DOCTOR

[Kintyre Forum News]

From the Daily Record here

BAN FOR DEATH CRASH DOCTOR
A DOCTOR walked free yesterday after being cleared of dangerous driving and causing the death of a young man in a head-on crash.

GP Keval Bijral, 66, could have gone to jail for five years if convicted.

Instead his plea of guilty to the lesser charge of careless driving, which doesn't carry a jail sentence, was accepted by the Crown after a five-day trial.

At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Brailsford fined Bijral £1500. He also banned him from driving for a year.

Bijral, of Furnace, Argyll, was originally charged with dangerous driving and causing the death of Campbeltown man Kenneth Campbell, 21, in a smash on January 14 last year.

Kenneth's girlfriend, Kacie Dillard, of Glenbarr, near Tarbert, was seriously injured in the crash.

During the trial, the court heard that Bijral had just left a seminar dealing with how to remove victims from crashed cars.

He left Stonefield Castle Hotel, near Tarbert, eager to have some time with his new grandson.

A mile from the hotel, he overtook a car, having failed to notice "Take Care Accident Area" signs.

Kenneth was driving in the opposite direction with Kacie. Bijral ploughed into his silver Peugeot, killing him instantly.

Sentencing Bijral, Lord Brailsford said he accepted his remorse but added: "I cannot ignore, however, you overtook in a place you shouldn't have and a death resulted."

Afterwards, Kenneth's brother David, 34, hit out: "What price our brother's life? It's a disgrace."

[Beachcomber]

Fourteen months for this to come to court and then the CPS cave in and settle for a much reduced charge.