Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Monday 3rd March 2025, at 06:45hrs
A 26-year-old was thrown from his moped causing him to die from serious injuries
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced for causing the death of a 26-year-old moped rider by careless driving, following a collision in Enfield last year.
PC Ian Brotherton, 32, was responding to an emergency call on October 12, 2023, when his marked police van struck Cristopher De Carvalho Guedes at the junction of Southbury Road and Baird Road. Brotherton was driving with blue lights and sirens activated.
The incident occurred at approximately 3pm as Brotherton approached a red traffic light. He failed to stop or brake, proceeding through the junction and colliding with Mr. De Carvalho Guedes’ moped. The 26-year-old was thrown from his vehicle and sustained severe injuries. Despite the efforts of paramedics at the scene and subsequent treatment at the Royal London Hospital, he tragically died.
An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) led to PC Brotherton being charged with causing death by dangerous driving, with the alternative charge of causing death by careless driving.
At a hearing at the Central Criminal Court on January 3, 2025, PC Brotherton pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. The prosecution accepted this plea, acknowledging the facts of the case and adhering to the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
Today, at the same court, PC Brotherton was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months. He was also disqualified from driving for 30 months and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
Rachael Taylor, Specialist Prosecutor with the CPS Special Crime Division, expressed her condolences, stating, “Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Cristopher De Carvalho Guedes.”
She emphasized that PC Brotherton, as a trained police response driver, should have adhered to the procedures for safely navigating red traffic lights during emergency calls. “But his driving on that day fell below the standard expected of an officer trained to be on London’s roads in such circumstances.
It is only right that he has been held to account for his actions, which led to this tragic death.”
The sentencing brings to a close the legal proceedings following the fatal collision, leaving a community to mourn the loss of a young life.
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