A Scots cop who knocked a teenager off his bike in a case of mistaken identity during the hunt for a dangerous ‘kill kit’ criminal has been found guilty of careless driving.
Constable Kayleigh Simpson was given three points on her licence and admonished after the sheriff expressed “considerable sympathy for the circumstances she finds herself in”.
The 34-year-old officer had been accused of dangerous driving after her marked police motor hit the 15-year-old boy’s bike, causing him to fall to the ground on a cycle path in Glenrothes, Fife, in March 2020.
The court previously heard how Simpson spotted the youth, who matched the description of fugitive Kevin Spratley, just moments after the wanted yob had been sighted in the area.
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