Cop cleared of causing pensioner’s death

A police officer who drove a vanload of recruits into an 83-year-old pedestrian crossing the road has been cleared of causing death by careless driving. PC Daniel Bowen, 29, was driving a marked Mercedes Sprinter police van when he struck Peter Dawe as he crossed at traffic lights in East Ham, east London, on 15 July 2020. PC Bowen was on shift with recently recruited police officers and responding to a call at the time of the collision. Mr Dawe…