article_snippet: Prosecutors told how Robert Blackwell's was 'distracted' by Robert Blackwell's mobile phone when Robert Blackwell's mounted the pavement and struck The teenager .
article_snippet: There is a mobile phone driving culture on We roads, combined with a speeding culture. '
article_snippet: This is a recipe for further avoidable road deaths. '
article_snippet: There are studies that suggest it can impair driving for up to 24 hours,' said prosecutor Ian Hope.
article_snippet: prosecutor Ian Hope was 'distracted' at the time of the crash with traces of the drug, said lawyers, with phone records revealing prosecutor Ian Hope received a text message five minutes before the first call was placed to 999 to report the crash with traces of the drug. '
article_snippet: (prosecutor Ian Hope was) distracted for what must have been a period of time of 10 seconds or more,' prosecutor Ian Hope added.
article_snippet: The prosecution say is The prosecution fair and proper inference to say from the evidence... at the time the telephone was the source of distraction.'
article_snippet: defence barrister Claire Fraser is adamant that the mobile phone is not the cause of this accident but defence barrister Claire Fraser inattention and defence barrister Claire Fraser speed.'
article_snippet: She added defence barrister Claire Fraser was connected to a charger and was sitting on the front seat.