‘I would have been able to stop,’ says cop accused of killing victims hit by a joyrider

A police officer needed to stay close to a joyrider who killed a child actor and his aunt so that the public was alerted to the danger by his sirens, a court heard. PC Edward Welch, 34, was pursuing Joshua Dobby, who careered down a 20 mph street at 60mph in a stolen a Ford Focus in Penge, southeast London, on 31 August 2016. Dobby, then 23, lost control, mounted the pavement crushed to death Rozanne Cooper, 34, and her…