From MAG today!

A CAMBRIDGESHIRE motorist has walked free from court after he was cleared of causing the death of a Lincolnshire motorcyclist.Ian Duncan MacIntyre, 58, was driving his Jaguar XF sports car when he collided with a Ducati motorbike ridden by David Blackburn on the A155 at Hagnaby.Mr Blackburn, 53, from West Keal, died as a result of the crash which occured shortly after 5.30pm on April 9 last year.

The prosecution alleged Mr MacIntyre was driving carelessly when he pulled out of a staggered junction into the path of Mr Blackburn’s motorcycle.

But a jury at Lincoln Crown Court cleared Mr MacIntyre of causing Mr Blackburn’s death by careless driving after hearing he simply did not see the motorbike coming because of the sun which he described as “low and blinding.”

Mr MacIntyre was discharged from the dock after the jury took just minutes to return its not guilty verdict at the end of a three-day trial.' - Taken from Horncastle News.

On the information that has been reported regarding this case, this could be seen as a miscarriage of justice towards the motorcyclist, David Blackburn. We are currently investigating this further to see how and why the jury came to their 'not guilty' verdict.                                                                                                                                                                              

Becuse that didnt look at the evidence                                                                                                                                                                              

Reading this makes me so angry, if it had happened in north wales he would have been charged for sure but my condolence goes to Mr Blackburn's family                                                                                                                                                                             

Were there any motorcyclists in the jury? I suspect not.                                                                                                                                                                             

Why should it matter WHERE in the British Isles this took place   I appreciate your sentiments Newbikerchick   But we have a National Justice System "allegedly"   I hope the MAG solicitor gets some answers   For the sake of Mrs Blackburn and her family   And for the rest of us, or we all become "fair game"   For the MacIntyre's of this world   Significantly we are not given the "defendants" occupation   But I bet he wasn't a bricklayer on his way home from work   In his Jaguar XF                                                                                                                                                                             

Heart warm thoughts to the family xxx                                                                                                                                                                              

It would seem the jury accepted his argument of "I couldn't see if it was safe so I pulled out anyway" Sad pointless loss of a life.
                                                                                                                                                                             

  awful..... my heart goes out to all his loved ones                                                                                                                                                                             

We understand that the item of news we reported about the death of motorcyclist David Blackburn has angered many of you and us included.MAG has been working on establishing all of the facts pertinent to this case. As part of this process we have been in touch with Lincolnshire Police. The Head of Casualty Reduction of Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, Detective Inspector Rob Grace, has been kind enough to come back to us with the following statement:

"We are disappointed at the outcome of the case involving the sad and avoidable death of David Blackburn.

The Lincolnshire Police Collision Investigation Team conducted a
thorough investigation into the circumstances, and presented the
evidence to the Crown Court where a Jury returned a not guilty verdict".

We are continuing to gather further information in order to formulate a course of action in this case.

We will continue to update you as and when we are able to do so, 

                                                                                                                                                                             

Thanks for the update Sqiuddy   It's good to see the police are doing their "job" for a change                                                                                                                                                                              

How many bikers on the jury I wonder or friends and family of bikers. As for the police they do not have our interests at heart. I was hit by a Taxi , breathalyzed even though I had chest and shoulder injuries and went off in an ambulance and my machine sent for disposal by west midland police due to being abandoned in the road. Insurance under writer fast action stopped disposal of bike. 

maybe this should have been referred to white Dalton solicitors. They are a group of biker solicitors.     Specialist lawyers in motorcycle accident personal injury claims Call us now on 0800 783 6191or text BIKER to 80800
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i bet if it had been a 30 tonne truck he,d av seen it he most definately would have felt it, seems  poor excuse