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Bolton Driver Pleads Guilty to Causing Motorcyclist’s Death

Prosecutors said he was nearly ten times over the drug-driving limit.

Overview

  • Cormac Sale admitted causing the death of 22-year-old Spencer Rothwell-Poole in a December 14, 2024 crash on Chorley Old Road in Bolton.
  • Judge Jon Close remanded Sale into custody and reserved the case for sentencing on February 26, 2026.
  • Prosecutors told the court the defendant was around ten times above the legal drug-driving limit at the time of the collision.
  • Sale denied a separate count alleging he caused death while unlicensed or uninsured, and the judge ordered that charge to lie on file.
  • Police previously reported a Skoda Fabia crossed directly into the path of an oncoming motorbike, and Rothwell-Poole was pronounced dead at the scene.