A former soldier hit a teenager while driving and left him bleeding in the road before a 'Good Samaritan' doctor stopped and helped save the boy. Colin Williams was driving his Volkswagen on Barry's A4050 Port Road East shortly before 4am on December 5, 2020, when he struck Cem Ziyaeddin and fled.
He later returned to the scene to find the 16-year-old victim being treated by the passing Dr Benjamin Roper but Williams tried to hide his crime before police arrested him days later, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Prosecutor Alex Greenwood told the court: "Mr Ziyaeddin had been attending a house party in Barry. He left the party and was walking home. That night the area had limited street lighting and was damp as it had been raining earlier."
At around 4am Dr Roper was travelling along the 40mph route on his way to work at Barry Hospital when he swerved to avoid a dark object. As he passed he realised it was a person lying in the road. Mr Greenwood said: "He stopped and contacted emergency services. He saw the young man lying in a pool of blood close to his head and one of his trainers had been knocked 10m from his body. The man was unresponsive but breathing."
