A MAN who caused a serious road traffic collision and received a caution has been convicted of causing grievous bodily injury (GBI) by careless driving, following a review into how the matter was dealt with.

It was heard at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday that following the incident on February 15, 2019, Nigel Morrow (41), of Sycamore Drive, Enniskillen, was cautioned after the vehicle he was driving collided with another.

Morrow's vehicle was coming around a long, sweeping bend on the Nutfield Road, Brookeborough, when the nearside tyre hit the verge.

In an attempt to avoid going into the verge, Morrow oversteered, and the vehicle crossed the white line, before crashing into the vehicle driven by the injured party.

The injured party had to be cut from her car by fire service personnel. She was then taken to hospital before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.

Morrow made admissions at the scene and was later cautioned.

However, the injured party raised this with the Police Ombudsman.

A review was carried out by the police, resulting in a police officer being disciplined, and Morrow being summonsed to face the GBI charge.

An abuse of process application was submitted in August; however, it was dismissed by Deputy District Judge Greg McCourt, who decided the prosecution would continue.

After reading the statements related to the case. Judge McCourt was satisfied Morrow was guilty of GBI whilst driving a vehicle on the road without due care and attention.

Morrow's barrister, Steffan Rafferty, told the court that over two and a half years after the incident happened, the matter has "come to a head".

He said Morrow had overcorrected, which unfortunately resulted in the impact with the oncoming vehicle.

Mr. Rafferty said culpability was at the low end of the scale and there were no aggravating features to the driving.

He added that the initial caution reflected the lower end of carelessness.

He said Morrow extended apologies to the injured party for the "unintentional incident" and the knock-on effects of the collision.

In all circumstances, Mr. Rafferty said, whilst it has taken time to have the matter dealt with, he said his client should be afforded some leniency and that he had "conducted himself impeccably throughout".

Speaking to the injured party, who was present in court, Judge McCourt, said that no criminal penalty could recompense her for what happened.

He said the fault for the initial way the incident had been dealt with was the police officer's fault, and that had been dealt with.

Judge McCourt said the collision was more of careless driving rather than dangerous driving, adding: "Unfortunately, collisions do happen."

Morrow was disqualified from driving for 15 months, and fined £750.