Lucas Akins, football player of the EFL League One, in England, has been sentenced to prison in the Leeds Crown Court for causing the death of a cyclist in Huddersfield. The accident took place in March 2022. Akins crashed his vehicle and ran over the cyclist Adrian Daniel, 33, who died 10 days later in the hospital.
The sentence has stipulated a 14 -month prison sentence for the footballer. The first part of it will be fulfilled in preventive detention and the other on probation. Likewise, the card has been withdrawn for a year.
“I am clear that it is very unlikely to cause problems in court again. There is a strong personal attenuation. However, it seems that adequate punishment can only be achieved with preventive detention, “Judge Alex Menary told the 36 -year -old footballer.
This season, Akins has been playing for the Mansfield Town, by League One. After the accident, he has continued playing, despite declaring himself guilty. The player has a history of more than 600 games in his career in England and Scotland. In addition to seven senior international games with Granadathe most recent as a holder in a defeat against Russia in March.
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The accident
Carmel Pearson, KC County Prosecutor reported at the trial How was the accident: “Adrian Daniel was on a bicycle downhill by Huddersfield Road, in the direction of the same cross. The defendant in the recording, although driving slowly, left at the crossing of Ceda the Paso and ran over Adrian Daniel. It was too late for Adrian Daniel to stop and suffered a serious head injury. ”
