BBC
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A learner driver whose car sped over a sea wall, killing a two-year-old boy on the beach below, has told a court his foot slipped on to the accelerator.
Paul Cambray, 45, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, was unsupervised when he tried to park the F-reg BMW at a beachside car park at Yaverland, on the island.
Maximillian Young, a toddler from Fulham, west London, died in the crash on 24 July last year.
Mr Cambray denies all charges including causing death by dangerous driving.
Maximillian was at the beach with his parents, Antje and Charles Young. Mr Young suffered two broken ribs and a broken pelvis in the crash.
Mr Cambray, a carpenter, was with three friends, none of whom were qualified drivers or able to supervise him, when he attempted to park the car in a space facing the beach, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.
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Mmm learner driver with 3 mates in the car at the seaside, none of who had a driving license?
Denying causing death by dangerous driving, dangerous driving and wounding?
Now under the care of mental health professionals and taking tranquilisers.
A cynic would think that he was trying to get off the charges via a mental health angle
Good thing I'm not a cynic....