Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
I think the trial has ended with a Guilty verdict, Isn't the hapless pilot now "arranging his affairs" before returning and receiving what the judge called a substantial sentence later this month.
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Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
OK thanks. I thought that they were sentencing last week.
. Does that mean nicking an aircraft, loading it with all his valued possessions and fuel half way up the windows en route to France but only to make it as far as another potato field?"arranging his affairs"
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Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
Hap pily nun.
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Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
Story covered in great detail in this weeks Private Eye.
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That's about right for Private Eye.Flintstone wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:14 pmI wrote to them about a year ago suggesting they look in to illegal charters and 'Wingly'-type websites and apps. Miserable barstewards never even acknowledged my missive.
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Cancelled my subscription a couple of years ago too. I'll pop into W H Smiths tomorrow and read the article on Barton.ribrash wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:57 pmThat's about right for Private Eye.Flintstone wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:14 pmI wrote to them about a year ago suggesting they look in to illegal charters and 'Wingly'-type websites and apps. Miserable barstewards never even acknowledged my missive.
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Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
I shall be claiming my beer from Ex-Ascot who sportingly acknowledged that I had won the bet about the length of the sentence.Cacophonix wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:34 amNot much he can say really save "It was a fair cop guv!"...Ibbie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:50 amGUILTY!
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... h-15860828
I bet he gets about 4 years.
The man is clearly a fool given that any competent pilot (no matter how greedy) would have been aware that the aircraft was critically overloaded and out of balance.
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Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
He's been back in court this week and has had his sentence increased for lying when taking out insurance.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... t-17035215
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... t-17035215
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What an arrogant obnoxious fellow! He should never ever be allowed again near the controls of an aircraft.
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Re: Court for pilot of Piper Cherokee which crashed on take off from Barton
Judge Michael Leeming said Murgatroyd has a 'cavalier attitude to aviation', and sentenced him to a further 22 weeks in prison, to run consecutively to his three-and-a-half year term.Judge Michael Leeming said Murgatroyd has a 'cavalier attitude to aviation', and sentenced him to a further 22 weeks in prison, to run consecutively to his three-and-a-half year term.