MP Soames faces Crawley court appearence
TORY MP Nicholas Soames has been summoned to court over footage apparently showing him riding a quad bike with a tot perched beside him.
The child was filmed behind the former Crawley MP – a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill – as he allegedly towed two more children in a trailer on a public road while following the Crawley and Horsham Hunt in January.
It was claimed that none of the kids were strapped in or wearing crash helmets in the footage shot by hunt saboteurs.
The images were published following the death on Boxing Day of seven-year-old Elizabeth Cooke, who was involved in an accident while riding a quad bike on a public road in Blackmore, Essex.
Soames, 60, has been summoned to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 16 to face alleged insurance and safety offences under Section 40a of the Road Traffic Act, a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokeswoman said.
Eton-educated Soames, who served as Armed Forces minister from 1994 to 1997, has represented Mid Sussex since 1997.
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