{"id":19425,"date":"2016-05-24T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19425"},"modified":"2016-05-24T23:10:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T22:10:40","slug":"darwin-awards-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19425","title":{"rendered":"Darwin Awards 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a contender for this year\u2019s Darwin Awards. Kevin Lucas led police in County Durham on a high-speed chase in the dark<\/a> with no lights on.\"Kevin<\/p>\n

He braked repeatedly, causing a police car to hit him on one occasion, took roundabouts the wrong way, drove on the wrong side of the road, and even escaped being corralled by driving at speed along pavements.<\/p>\n

He had no insurance and no licence.<\/p>\n

When he and his three passengers decided to try and leg it \u2013 and in spite of the fact he was seen getting out of the driver\u2019s side of the trainee pratmobile he was in (a Renault Clio) – he claimed:<\/p>\n

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I wasn\u2019t the driver.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This clearly makes him a front runner for this year\u2019s Darwins. Mind you, when you look at that mug shot you have to wonder if he is eligible, since the Darwin Awards are typically awarded to the higher primates.<\/p>\n

The little prick got 15 months for dangerous driving \u2013 no doubt to be served concurrently with the 9 months he is in the middle of (and for which he must be out on licence) for assisting an offender. Laughably, his defence lawyer also toyed with the idea of getting himself nominated for a Darwin:<\/p>\n

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Paul Currer, mitigating, said Lucas had been given valium, with which he was not familiar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A bit of a mistake, I think. He should have been given something else \u2013 something that would do evolution a favour. Valium, on the other hand, appears to make him think he can cut his own hair and nobody will notice. <\/p>\n

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Note that my references to the Darwin Awards are always my own take, and are not in any way affiliated with the genuine Darwins<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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