A FORMER honorary police officer who was falsely accused of sex offences against two boys has been banned from driving after a high-speed crash on Bouley Bay Hill.
The day after being told he would stand trial for the alleged offences, Jamie John Le Sech (36) drove up and down Bouley Bay Hill, performed a U-turn at the top and accelerated down it before crashing into a concrete memorial bench.
He landed in the path of a white Audi and the driver had to brake hard to avoid hitting him. Le Sech immediately admitted dangerous driving.
Advocate David Steenson, defending, said that the trial which Le Sech later faced, in September, was “one of the worst prosecutions in the history of mankind” and added: “He has suffered enough in my submission.”
The advocate explained that his client had first been accused of sexual touching last year. He had lost the role he had held with the honorary police for nine years, but the States police found there was no basis for charging him.
Then on 4 January this year Le Sech was told the charges were being put again. Advocate Steenson said: “He was driving dangerously because he was so distraught. He was planning to commit suicide.
“A compassionate Attorney General might decide that enough is enough for this particular man.”
Le Sech was found not guilty of the sexual offence charges after a three-day trial in September.
Of the dangerous driving charge, the advocate said: “He accepts what he did was dangerous.
“He has pleaded guilty for that and has indicated his remorse.”
Relief Magistrate David Le Cornu said: “This is an exceptional case with exceptional mitigation. But the possible consequences cannot be ignored.”
Le Sech was banned from driving for a year and bound over to be of good behaviour for the same period.
He was also ordered to retake the driving test after the ban has elapsed if he wants to return to the roads.
