Hucknall man jailed for string of driving and drug offences

A dangerous driver from Hucknall has been jailed after his actions left a woman in hospital with serious injuries.

Kyle Bradley was behind the wheel of a stolen car when it crashed into another vehicle in Watnall Road, Hucknall.

The passenger inside the other car, a 56-year-old woman, suffered a bleed on the brain and other injuries in the collision and had to be rushed to hospital.

By contrast, 24-year-old Bradley jumped straight out of the car and fled the scene without checking on the condition of the woman, following the crash on 30 October 2019.

Having always denied that he was the driver during the incident, a jury found Bradley guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court on 3 February 2022.

Bradley was also involved in a second dangerous incident behind the wheel on 15 February 2020, when he decided to take his sister's car without her consent.

While under the influence of drugs, Bradley drove at high speed through Hucknall, with pursuing officers witnessing him drive the wrong way around a roundabout.

Following a short chase, Bradley crashed into a parked car in High Leys Road, Hucknall, and was arrested at the scene.

Bradley was also arrested on two further occasions for separate theft and drug offences.

The first incident saw him steal another man's bike in Broomhill Road, Hucknall, on 21 September 2018.

And he was also arrested on 27 March 2020, after cannabis and a large amount of dealer bags were discovered by officers inside his home during a warranted search of the property.

Bradley, of Beauvale Crescent, Hucknall, appeared before Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday (21 April 2022).

In total, he was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, dangerous driving, two counts of drug-driving, theft, supplying Class B drugs, possession of Class A and Class B drugs, driving without a licence and driving without insurance.

Bradley was jailed for three-and-a-half years and handed a 12 month driving ban.

Inspector Jon Hewitt, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "On more than one occasion, Bradley showed little or no thought for the safety of others with his incredibly dangerous driving.

"His actions behind the wheel left one woman in hospital with serious injuries, while it is only down to sheer luck that nobody was hurt as a result of him racing through Hucknall while under the influence of drugs.

"It really should go without saying but this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable and will be punished, as I hope the sentence handed out by the courts to Bradley for his actions demonstrates.

"Driving at high speeds, especially while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, puts both the driver and other motorists and pedestrians at an unacceptably high risk of harm.

"Nottinghamshire Police will never tolerate this kind of reckless behaviour and will always decisively respond to any report we receive of severe law breaking."