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Georgia-Mae Chung achieves acquittal for bus driver who caused passenger to fall and sustain multiple fractures

23/01/2025

Georgia-Mae Chung secured an acquittal for her client who was a bus driver accused of failing to take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of his passengers. The allegation was that he had failed to pay attention to the state of his passengers when driving his bus in busy traffic. He braked suddenly causing the complainant, a woman in her late 70s, to fall and suffer multiple fractures.

Georgia-Mae’s client had been a bus driver for over 20 years and was approaching retirement as a man of good character who had never fallen into error or been disciplined in his job.

Through careful cross-examination of the complainant, the evidence of her client and a character witness, and thorough analysis of two clips of CCTV footage, Georgia-Mae convinced the magistrates to return a not guilty verdict.

Georgia Mae-Chung was instructed by Vanetha Armon, Thompsons Solicitors.

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