Blind Iraqi on danger drive rap

A BLIND Iraqi - who has lost both his eyes - was caught driving a car while he received instructions from a banned driver, a court heard today.
Omed Aziz, who lost his sight in bomb blast, reached speeds of up to 35mph on a half-mile route through Oldbury, West Midlands, in April.
Warley Magistrates’ court was told that Aziz - who also suffers from leg tremors and is partially deaf - was arrested by traffic police after removing his sunglasses to reveal his disability.
Prosecutor Peter Love asked PC Glyn Austin if he had noticed anything about Aziz.
PC Austin replied: "I did - he didn’t have any eyes, Your Worships."
The officer told the court that Aziz was arrested shortly after 11pm on April 23 after their Peugeot 405 was followed.

The officer said Aziz, from Wednesbury, pulled his vehicle on to waste ground after being informed there was a police car behind him.
PC Austin said: "I attempted to speak to the driver, who appeared to be fumbling around with the controls," the traffic officer said.
"At that point the passenger leaned across and stated ’He’s blind’."
Aziz was arrested and taken to Smethwick police station, where the he confirmed that he was totally blind and had impaired hearing in his left ear as a result of injuries sustained in an explosion.
PC Stuart Edge told the court that the M-registered Peugeot had crossed a white hazard line on to the wrong side of the road shortly before it was halted.
"I asked him if he could see me. He removed the dark-coloured sunglasses he was wearing and I could clearly see he was blind as he had no eyes," he said.
Defence solicitor Timothy Gascoyne invited the bench to acquit his client of dangerous driving.
He said: "The question is not whether his driving was dangerous, but whether being blind makes it dangerous."
Magistrates must decide whether Aziz’s driving fell far below what would be expected of a careful and competent driver and whether it would be obvious to such a driver that driving in that way would be dangerous.

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