Tancredo Bankhardt, from Great Yarmouth, allegedly “decided to end his own life” and that of the three children “by deliberately orchestrating a road traffic collision”, a court has heard
A man with three children in his car allegedly drove into oncoming traffic in an attempt to take his own life and that of his passengers, a court heard.
Prosecutor Stephen Rose KC said Tancredo Bankhardt “decided to end his own life” and that of the three children “by deliberately orchestrating a road traffic collision”.
He told Norwich Crown Court that the 41-year-old did this by “deliberately driving at some speed into oncoming traffic” on the A146 near Loddon, Norfolk, on September 26 last year.
The barrister said that Bankhardt, of Saxon Road, Great Yarmouth, “ensured that none of them were wearing seatbelts” in the Vauxhall Astra car.
“The result was a serious collision involving multiple vehicles,” he said.
Mr Rose said that “the prosecution say this was a deliberate collision as a result of a decision taken by Mr Bankhardt, no doubt in something of a heightened state of emotion, to take his own life and that of” the three children.
He said that no lives were lost but “serious injuries were caused in this collision”. Bankhardt denies three counts of attempted murder and is on trial.
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