Electric scooter crash in Canterbury leaves Kent student facing jail

 A student has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after crashing an electric scooter into a mum-of-three - leaving her with serious injuries.

Joshua Mpia, 19, had been free-wheeling a privately owned e scooter along the pavement of St Thomas Hill in Canterbury when he ploughed into Pauline Lilford, who suffered two broken limbs.

The University of Kent student appeared before magistrates in Folkestone on Tuesday, when he pleaded guilty to both dangerous driving and driving without insurance in what is thought to be one of the first cases of its kind.

Magistrate Peter Goodwin said Mpia’s sentence must act “as a deterrent to other people who think they can go tearing around” on e scooters.

The vehicles are illegal to ride in public areas unless rented as part of government-backed trials, like one currently taking place in Canterbury.

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