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French tourist left homeless after mistaken murder charge
A delivery driver was wrongly charged with murder following a fountain crash in Hyde Park. The error left the French tourist without work or housing for six weeks.
Jul 14, 1:28 PM·1m read3 sources
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A French tourist working as a delivery driver was mistakenly charged with murder after crashing into a Hyde Park fountain. The charge was later withdrawn, but the error left the driver without income or housing for six weeks.
Police error and immediate fallout Police arrested the driver shortly after the crash and filed the murder charge. The driver spent the following weeks without employment while the case remained active.
Background on separate Philadelphia case A 14-year-old has been arrested and charged in the murder of a pizza delivery driver in Philadelphia. Police described the incident as an attempted robbery. >"A French tourist who crashed into a Hyde Park fountain has spent six weeks homeless and jobless due to a major police bungle." — The Sydney Morning Herald, 2026
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