Finnan Arrested

Big Nelly

FINNAN ARRESTED OVER DRIVING DEATH

Liverpool defender Steve Finnan has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, it was revealed on Tuesday.

Finnan, who played in the heroic Champions League final victory, was involved in a collision in his black Range Rover which resulted in the death of a pensioner.

Henry Nelson, 81, from Liverpool, suffered serious head injuries and died five weeks later in hospital.

The accident happened in the Tuebrook area of the city on January 27 but Finnan, a Republic of Ireland international, was not arrested until more than three months later.

A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "A 29-year-old man from Liverpool was arrested on April 11 on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

"He was bailed pending further inquiries to appear at a police station on Wednesday June 29."

An inquest into Mr Nelson's death has been opened and adjourned until July 4.

Finnan, who originally comes from Limerick, started his career at non-league Welling before moving into league football with Birmingham and Notts County.

In November 1998 he was bought by Fulham for £600,000 before moving to Liverpool FC ahead of the 2003/04 season

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/06/14/manual_082751.html

Wonder will he get jail time? prob not!

eirebhoy

I remember reading this a few months ago, it was only middle page stuff at the time. Finnan couldn't really concentrate on his football because someone had died after been knocked down by him. The man supposedly walked out in front of him. I doubt he'll even be charged.

Pigman II

Without knowing the in's and out's of the incident It's hard to say whether he'll do time or not. If you're implying he'll get off 'just cos he's a famous footballer' I don't think that'll be the case - as the Jermaine Pennant and Lee Hughes cases have proven.

That said tho, I'm always a bit suspicious of people who drive 4x4's in urban areas anyway.

BaZmO*

Pigman II wrote:

If you're implying he'll get off 'just cos he's a famous footballer' I don't think that'll be the case - as the Jermaine Pennant and Lee Hughes cases have proven.

I don't think he's implying that at all.

eirebhoy wrote:

The man supposedly walked out in front of him. I doubt he'll even be charged.

If true, I'd say that's the reason he'd get off.

B.

Big Nelly

Pigman II wrote:

Without knowing the in's and out's of the incident It's hard to say whether he'll do time or not. If you're implying he'll get off 'just cos he's a famous footballer' I don't think that'll be the case - as the Jermaine Pennant and Lee Hughes cases have proven.

That said tho, I'm always a bit suspicious of people who drive 4x4's in urban areas anyway.

Wat u talking about? I didnt "imply" anything.......was asking do you think he will get jail time........doesnt seem to be very serious now on reports and will prob just get a driving fine or something!!

wheres me jumpa

well i hope for finans sake its resolved quickly, i think hes a fantastic player for club and country.

Pigman II

Big Nelly wrote:

Wat u talking about? I didnt "imply" anything.

Don't suppose you saw the words 'if you're' in my previous post?

ianomccabe

At the scene there was two taxi drivers who vouched for Steve there and then saying that the old fella came out of nowhere and if he hadn't of hit him then either of them would. Police took his mobile phone and that at the scene to check if he had been using it and didn't find anything so i doubt it'll be anything too serious

mr_angry

eirebhoy wrote:

I remember reading this a few months ago, it was only middle page stuff at the time. Finnan couldn't really concentrate on his football because someone had died after been knocked down by him. The man supposedly walked out in front of him. I doubt he'll even be charged.

Well to be honest, the rules of the road state that padestrians have the right of way from the second they step off the curb. It is the driver's responsibility to ensure that they are travelling at a safe speed to compensate for unexpected events.

I don't think this is really as open-and-shut as people think. Lee Hughes got 6 years IIRC.

ianomccabe

Was Lee Hughes not pi$$ed???
This was right outside Melwood when he was goin into training one day. Not really fair to compare the two

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Something similar happened to a cousin of mine.

A pensioner stepped out into the road at the very last second. My cousin was travelling at a safe speed, according to the police, and there was nothing he could have done about it.

Of course, my cousin has been wracked with guilt from that day to this, but there was nothing he could have done.

He wasn't jailed, or even fined.

mr_angry

ianomccabe wrote:

Was Lee Hughes not pi$$ed???
This was right outside Melwood when he was goin into training one day. Not really fair to compare the two

Lee Hughes was sober. The only difference is that he left the scene.

I'll bow to SeanSouth's superior knowledge on this one. I was just speculating based on my knowledge of the rules of the road. Thankfully I've never been involved in any situation like this, from either perspective.

jesus_thats_gre

It is the drivers responsibility but in some cases there is no onus of responsibility on their behalf as there was nothing they did wrong.. Just an unavoidable situation.. Common sense will prevail on this one me thinks..

The Rooster

ianomccabe wrote:

At the scene there was two taxi drivers who vouched for Steve there and then saying that the old fella came out of nowhere and if he hadn't of hit him then either of them would. Police took his mobile phone and that at the scene to check if he had been using it and didn't find anything so i doubt it'll be anything too serious

Hopefully its as straight forward as that - but the fact that he was actually arrested by the police would suggest there might be more to it. Though of course its far from certain that he'd be charged just because he was arrested.

Seansouth, did your cousin get arrested?

eirebhoy

The Rooster wrote:

Hopefully its as straight forward as that - but the fact that he was actually arrested by the police would suggest there might be more to it. Though of course its far from certain that he'd be charged just because he was arrested.

I doubt it. A man was killed so I'd say they are just making sure they know what happened.

thejollyrodger

bad buzz

~Rebel~

From a very selfish mean liverpool/ireland point of view, could effect his football.. as far as i know it was generally after Kluivert had his similar incident that he lost it a bit..

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The Rooster wrote:

Seansouth, did your cousin get arrested?

He may have been after the incident, but once other witnesses came forward it was a case of there was nothing could be done to prevent the accident.

Also bear in mind that this happened in Dublin, not Liverpool.

The_B_Man

~Rebel~ wrote:

as far as i know it was generally after Kluivert had his similar incident that he lost it a bit..

..and dont forget the same happened to Djemba-Djemba last year aswell, except it was a little girl!

ianomccabe

~Rebel~ wrote:

From a very selfish mean liverpool/ireland point of view, could effect his football.. as far as i know it was generally after Kluivert had his similar incident that he lost it a bit..

i see what u mean but surely this would have happened when the accident happened or the man did. he took that day off trainin and was back in the next day so think he did well to cope with it

~Rebel~

ianomccabe wrote:

i see what u mean but surely this would have happened when the accident happened or the man did. he took that day off trainin and was back in the next day so think he did well to cope with it

Yeah i know but id imagine it could be a long term thing before it might hit or something, it hasn't been long since the guy actually died, was 5 weeks afterthe accident..I know he could also be able to deal with it totally, and he has seemed just as good, just saying its a possibility.