The sentencing of a man who admitted causing life-threatening injuries by driving dangerously was adjourned after the court heard he was facing additional charges.

Angelo Simons, 31, pleaded guilty this year to charges that he caused grievous bodily harm to Jeffrey Patterson through dangerously driving his motorcycle.

He also admitted driving without a valid licence and not having third party insurance in connection with the 2021 incident.

At a sentencing hearing in October, Simons said he was “very remorseful” for his actions and their impact on Mr Patterson.

However, the Supreme Court heard yesterday that Simons was subsequently charged with a string of new offences in connection with a high-speed chase, which allegedly occurred only hours after the hearing.

Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe questioned counsel whether he should take the new charges into account when considering his sentence for the 2021 offences, specifically in light of the defendant’s expressions of remorse.

Mr Justice Wolffe said: “One of the things I would have to consider from the allocutus was whether the defendant was genuine with his expressions of regret and remorse.

“In less than 24 hours, he has allegedly committed like offences. Obviously the court cannot and will not take into account any conviction for these offences, to which he has pleaded not guilty.”

Adley Duncan, for the Crown, said the court must not take the offences directly into account when considering sentence — but added that the magistrate overseeing the new matters would be able to consider his Supreme Court conviction.

Michael Scott, for Simons, said that the defendant should still be sentenced as a young man with no previous convictions who made genuine expressions of remorse.

Mr Scott told the court that when the new offences allegedly occurred, Simons was in a legal “purgatory” when he should have been reflecting on his actions.

He maintained that a suspended sentence could still serve as a deterrent.

Mr Justice Wolffe adjourned the sentencing hearing until December 5, when a final decision is expected.

In October, the court heard that Simons was riding his motorcycle along Malabar Road, Sandys, on December 28, 2021, when he attempted to overtake a car driving on a bend and collided head-on with another motorcycle.

Mr Patterson, the rider of the second motorcycle, sustained life-threatening injuries and had to be sent by air ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

The court heard that he suffered a broken jaw, crushed cheekbone and left eye socket, as well as fractures to his left ribs, his fifth lumbar vertebra, cuts to his knees and left eyelid, a concussion and loss of hearing in his left ear.

Simons himself suffered cuts around his left eye, mouth and left wrist, as well as damage to the tendons in his left hand.

It was discovered that he did not have a valid driver’s licence and that his motorcycle was not licensed or insured.

Simons pleaded guilty to several offences stemming from the incident and, at a hearing held on October 24, he said: “I constantly think about Mr Patterson’s body and his family. I’m not a person who goes out and seeks to cause pain.”

The court heard that shortly after 3am on October 25, police officers arrested Simons after a high-speed chase through Sandys.

Simons appeared in Magistrates’ Court on October 27 and denied a string of offences including assaulting a police officer, riding a bike dangerously, failing to stop for police and riding an unlicensed and uninsured motorcycle.

Senior magistrate Maxanne Anderson denied Simons bail for the offences and remanded him into custody.

While Mr Scott urged Mr Justice Wolffe to grant Simons bail on the Magistrates’ Court matter, the judge denied the application and remitted the matter back to Magistrates’ Court to be mentioned next week.

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