A San Diego court returned a guilty finding of fact in the felony heady drive case against Matthew Pocci , a man who ride into a 2014 Comic - Con gang that include participants in a snake god - theme parade . A 64 - class - old woman was gravely injured in the crash .
AsDeadlinereports :
On his way out [ of ] the San Diego Convention Centre that sidereal day , the now 47 - year old Pocci testified in the weeklong tryout that he felt “ very nervous ” while costume reveler and walker filled the streets . Along with the sense of hearing impaired Pocci , his girlfriend , her mother and her 9 - year honest-to-god Logos were also in the car – the two other adult are also hearing afflicted .
As tell by the many update inthis earlier Deadline article — written just after the incident in recent July 2014 — despite many witness and even video of the accident , it take some time to set up together what really happened and who was at break . And it take aim some time to level Pocci — he was n’t brought up until March , at which timeNBC San Diego offer this updateon the case :
Pocci , describing the events through an American Sign Language spokesperson Wednesday , mostly blames the flutter of the crowd for the woman ’s injury . He sign that charges should be take against a Isle of Man who be intimate on his windscreen causing him to panic and labor away .
He signed that the bunch was out of ascendancy , know on his car , screaming things at him and his syndicate that none of them could find out or understand , and opening the car doors .
“ I was so spooky that someone was kick the bucket to come into my car that I tried to go through a niggling bit slow , but that ’s when someone banged on my windscreen , ” Pocci said . “ That ’s when someone banged on my windshield and you know crack the spyglass and after that I was so petrified that I adjudicate to just go through . ”
Jurors had to decidewhether they matt-up Pocci was angered by the gang , or affright , and which emotion guided his determination to step on the gas . The woman he gain , Cynthia Campbell , was photograph the zombie parade , not take part in it ; her injuries were so hard that her weapon system “ had to be reattached . ”
San Diego County ’s Deputy District Attorney , Anthony Campagna , told NBC San Diegothat Pocci ’s hearing loss was just incidental to the case .
“ He set about frustrated and did not desire to commune with the people telling him to stop , ” the prosecutor say . “ We prosecute people based on if they committed a crime . We look at the facts and do not give someone a loose pass because they have a impairment . ”
Pocci now facesup to three years in prison . He ’ll be doom next week . ZombieWalk — which had find for eight years lead up to the 2014 accident — was not held at the 2015 Comic - Con ; the event’sofficial Facebook page , which has n’t been updated in over a yr , still take note “ We have not made a decisiveness on future events . ”
Top image via theZombie Walk : San DiegoFacebook pageboy .
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