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Snowdon 4x4 case goes ahead without accused Craig Williams | Snowdon 4x4 case goes ahead without accused Craig Williams |
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The trial is going ahead of a man accused of dangerous driving after allegedly taking his 4x4 up Snowdon twice, even though he has failed to turn up for the hearing. | The trial is going ahead of a man accused of dangerous driving after allegedly taking his 4x4 up Snowdon twice, even though he has failed to turn up for the hearing. |
Judge Merfyn Hughes said the case against Craig Williams will continue in his absence at Caernarfon Crown Court. | Judge Merfyn Hughes said the case against Craig Williams will continue in his absence at Caernarfon Crown Court. |
The 40-year-old defendant, of Cheltenham, denies driving a Vauxhall Frontera up the mountain twice in 2011. | The 40-year-old defendant, of Cheltenham, denies driving a Vauxhall Frontera up the mountain twice in 2011. |
The judge told the jury it must not hold his absence against him. | |
Mr Williams is accused of driving up the mountain along a public path and the mountain railway track on 3 September 2011, and again later that month. | Mr Williams is accused of driving up the mountain along a public path and the mountain railway track on 3 September 2011, and again later that month. |
On 3 September, staff from the Snowdon Mountain Railway found the 4x4 close to the summit and they called North Wales Police. | |
'Sheer stupidity' | |
Shortly after they arrived, the prosecution said, Mr Williams approached them and told them it was his vehicle and he had driven it up the mountain. | |
He was questioned by the police and released on bail. | |
On September 29 the same vehicle was again found at the summit and it had a number of signs in the window saying "I made it to the summit". | |
The prosecution says "sheer stupidity" got the better of Mr Williams "not once, but twice". | |
The court was told Mr Williams used the Llanberis path and railway track to reach the summit. | |
The prosecution said no vehicles were allowed onto the track and the defendant's actions had put himself and others in danger. | |
The trial is expected to last two and a half days. | The trial is expected to last two and a half days. |
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