{"id":13138,"date":"2013-07-03T00:21:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13138"},"modified":"2022-11-19T18:24:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T18:24:56","slug":"driving-instructors-son-killed-best-friend-after-crashing-stolen-driving-school-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13138","title":{"rendered":"Driving Instructor’s Son Killed Best Friend After Crashing Stolen Driving School Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This came in on the newsfeeds and tells how Marc Lutman, 19, took his father\u2019s driving school car<\/a> without consent and crashed it, killing his best friend in the process. He was 2\u00bd times the legal limit when tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a tragic story, but the fact that Lutman\u2019s father was a driving instructor is totally irrelevant. That\u2019s the Daily Mail for you, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law in this country really is in a mess when you read the full story. Lutman was the driver, to be sure, but the deceased \u2013 Ian Deer, also 19 \u2013 appeared to be at least as responsible for what happened. Lutman didn\u2019t want to drive, but was eventually coerced into doing so by Deer. In fact, Deer was messing with the dual controls (dangerous enough by itself) and even pulled Lutman\u2019s arm off the steering wheel just before the crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt, and text messages received by Lutman made it clear that it was Deer\u2019s idea to take the car keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer\u2019s mother does not blame Lutman for the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutman\u2019s whole life is now ruined by a 3 year and 4 month jail sentence (it would have already been seriously damaged by what he had done, and what he never tried to deny responsibility for). I\u2019m not defending him in any way, but far worse offenders from the dregs of society get away with much more lenient sentences. Lutman, on the other hand, was a good student at Leicester University, with a bright future ahead of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n