A jury deliberated for five hours before finding Demissie not guilty of causing death and serious injury by careless driving.

An electric car driver who told a court his vehicle moved on its own when it ran down a five-year-old boy has been cleared of ...

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, who claimed a fault made his car move on its own has been cleared of causing death by careless ...

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, was behind the wheel of a Volkswagen ID.4 when it suddenly accelerated forward on November 25 2022 in ...

A driver has been found not guilty of causing the death of his five-year-old neighbour in south London after he claimed his ...

Volkswagen ID.4 driver Ashenafei Demissie cleared at Old Bailey after fatal south London crash that killed child; jury found ...

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, was driving an electric Volkswagen ID.4 when it struck five-year-old Fareed Amir and Demissie's son, ...

An electric vehicle which killed a child had “no faults”, a court has heard, after the driver claimed it had accelerated ...

As a result of publicity, a dozen EV drivers got in touch with case lawyers to report similar concerns about their cars ...

A Met Police traffic collision investigator said it was a case of 'pedal misapplication' by the defendant, and he found no ...

A crash investigator dismissed a Ashenafei Demissie's claim that his electric vehicle moved of its own accord, striking and ...