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Hitch-hiker died after walking onto M4 motorway near Swindon

Robert Tomasz Blaszczyk took the bus back from a relative’s celebration in Calne on Saturday, December 9, 2023.
An inquest held at Swindon and Wiltshire Coroners Court on Friday heard that before arriving at his Walcot address, the 54-year-old walked i…

IN THE DOCK: Latest cases from Swindon Magistrates Court

MOTORWAY: Anthony Cole, of Gascelyn Close in Chippenham, has been sentenced for drug driving.
The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Renault Master along Junction 15 of the M4 on January 5, 2024, while having 2.3 micrograms of Delta-9-tetrahydroca…

Latest results and cases from Swindon Magistrates’ Court

PENHILL: Huseyin Karabulut, of Trowbridge Close, has been sentenced for driving offences.
The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle along Lichfield Road in Cannock, Staffordshire while disqualified, without due care and attention, and without…

Swindon Magistrates’ Court results and latest cases

SWINDON: The parents of two children who failed to attend school regularly has been sentenced.
Magistrates proved that the father, who cannot be identified so as to protect the identity of the youth involved, that his son an daughter did not attend les…

M4: Drink driver caught going over 100mph loses licence

Officers in an unmarked vehicle joined the motorway at Junction 15 at around 1.15am on May 28 and saw 31-year-old Christopher Chitima – of Broad Walk in Knowle – speeding in the direction of Bristol.
Police followed the vehicle, which reached triple-di…

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Busy Swindon route blocked after crash involving lorry and car

A busy swindon route is blocked after a crash involving a lorry and a car.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Cirencester Way, near Wickes, at around 10.30am this morning (Thursday).
A Ulustrans Logistics-branded articulated lorry and a Ran…

M4 driver caught with cruise control set at 100mph

A motorist was pulled over by police with cruise control set at 100mph on M4. Police officers from Wiltshire Police’s Road Policing Unit were on patrol on the busy motorway this weekend and caught the speeding driver travelling past their vehicle.
Poli…

Lorry crash part closes both ways of major Swindon road

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