Bolton Crown Court hears how an off-duty policeman's motorcycle killed a mother of three
AN OFF duty police officer whose motorcycle crashed into a pedestrian, killing the mum-of-three, is reported to have said: "I'm doomed - that's my career gone" moments after the incident, a court has heard.
The Manchester Evening News has reported tha PC Damien Myerscough's R1 hit a car at speed, the bike then ploughed into Lyndsay Oldham as she walked along a nearby pavement.
Mrs Oldham, 43, who was going on a shopping trip with two of her teenage children, was thrown into a stone wall by the impact and died at the scene from severe head injuries.
A jury at Bolton Crown Court was told PC Myerscough was travelling "considerably in excess" of the 30mph speed limit and had overtaken two other cars before the crash.
Prosecutors said the motorcycle, a 998cc R1 Yamaha sports bike, held no road tax and had a slack chain.
It had also been fitted with an illegal exhaust.
PC Myerscough, of Camden Close, Ainsworth, a serving police officer with Greater Manchester Police's tactical aid unit, based at Clayton Brook in Manchester, denies a charge of causing Mrs Oldham's death by dangerous driving.
Mrs Oldham, 43, who was going on a shopping trip with two of her teenage children, was thrown into a stone wall by the impact and died at the scene from severe head injuries.
A jury at Bolton Crown Court was told PC Myerscough was travelling "considerably in excess" of the 30mph speed limit and had overtaken two other cars before the crash.
Prosecutors said the motorcycle, a 998cc R1 Yamaha sports bike, held no road tax and had a slack chain.
It had also been fitted with an illegal exhaust.
PC Myerscough, of Camden Close, Ainsworth, a serving police officer with Greater Manchester Police's tactical aid unit, based at Clayton Brook in Manchester, denies a charge of causing Mrs Oldham's death by dangerous driving.
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