James Davis, the driver who caused the death of 18-day-old Ciaran Morris on Brownhills High Street last year, has been found guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court this week.
The 36-year-old was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death while uninsured with the judge revealing that Davis had cannabis in his system when the catastrophe happened on Easter Sunday 2021.
Members of Ciaran’s family were in court to see the verdict being delivered where the jury were shown police bodycam footage of David saying: “I’ve killed a baby, I’m going to prison. I deserve to go to prison”.
Davis, from Croxtalls Avenue in Bloxwich, was behind the wheel of a BMW on April 4, 2021 when he lost control of his vehicle and mounted the pavement on Brownhills High Street. His car hit the pushchair of Ciaran Morris and the baby suffered fatal injuries. Davis initially ran away on foot, but later turned himself into the police.
Despite the evidence, Davis pleaded not guilty, but will face his sentencing later today, Friday 8 April, 2022, after the jury deliberated for two hours and six minutes and found him unanimously guilty on both accounts.