Our beloved Gavizard
 

Is at this very moment laying in the hospital after a car accident with mates. A friend of his has informed us of this on PLF, here are his posts.


Lets all hope he makes it through this, I for one couldn't bear the thought that I would never speak to Gavin again.

Other than saying "I hope he gets better quicker"...I'm kinda wordless on the situation. Like to talk to the driver though in wondering what the hell he was doing that was so important to not be paying attention to the road though.

Fucking hell. I hope he recovers soon, and he should sue the driver. People like that need to be brutally castrated.

Damn! Well, am glad he is ok now. I get the impression the Driver was older though. Gavin has told me in the past that he had an older Friend who took him driving from time to time.

I think Gavin would be better off learning with someone else if this is the case. I hope you get a speedy recovery Gav. :)

There is actually a further update on Parlancia that wasn't put up here,

Posted 14 hours ago.

Feck, I forgot the worst post:

Edit: Joel beat me to it. :/

As I said, this sounds pretty bad, I hope he pulls through.

I hope to hell nothing happens to Gavin, he is one cool person. I shall hope for the best.

i hope gav is ok and gets better soon

We pray for you! Get better soon!

He has a chance, I hope he lives, death is something I don't like to hear about, and its sad
Get well and be strong

hm.. this has been rather painfull to read..

I dont really know what to say.. so I better shut my mouth and hope for the best

Same.. Don't really know what to say.

Read the first post on Parlancia few days ago.. I really thought it wasn't too serious at first. But with that last post..:uhm:

Hope you'll get fine soon Gav. Don't give up!

Crap... get well soon Gav, my thoughts go out to you.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery from the entire forum staff here.

Get well soon!

I was wondering where he had disappeared to. After reading this though I'm deeply saddened. I hope he pulls through.

Like all those above me, I hope Gav is back soon, and in full Gavishness.

I recognize the name, though I don't remember much of his exploits; did he change his name ever? In these situations I tend to be rather cold, the only the thing I have to say is: [Insert Generic Get Well Comment Here.] Be assured though, you have my deepest concern that I can spare.

Judging from the nature of his injuries, he should be quite alright, though the last update made me think twice.

My goodness, I hope he's going to be fine. I'm not really sure what to say...

Well, best of luck to Gav.

I don't know Gavin as well as some others, but my thoughts go out to him. I hope he soon feels better.

Get well soon Gavin, I know you'll do just fine.

Good luck Gav hope you get well soon

He joined as Gavin1701 and is now known as Mr.Gav. He moderates
Star Trek: Legacy, Star Wars: Battlefront Series and Star Wars: Empire At War forums. Though he's seen pretty much everywhere else on the forums too.

Oh and, thanks for stickying this guys.

Whoa. I seriously hope that he pulls through this alright. =/

Best of wishes to you, Gav.

Eek, this explains why he's been silent for the past few days. It's not often that something can leave me lost for suitable words, but this is certainly one of them.

Good luck Gav, and don't you dare not bug me when you get back. :p

that is all.

ABH over GBH? Well what the bloody hell is THAT about?! Screw ABH, go straight up there. I've done my law (basic as it is) and the offence would be bloody GBH...still, he sounds in optimistic shape. And, how cool is it to be able to say that you died for 16 seconds?! Okay, not cool in some sense, but mega-awesome cool in others!

Yeah, he does have something to brag about now. It's good to hear he's okay, I just hope he won't try to leave the hospital as fast as he's saying he will. These things need time to heal and ths hospital still is the ebst place for that.

Well, I for one didn't lose my hopes on you Gav. I knew you would get through all of this. You're still young and a healthy person as far as I know. I just hope you'll get enough sedatives to suppress the pain. The next couple of weeks will be a b$#% I can imagen. I've seen first hand how much time it takes to make a full recovery from a car crash. I wish you the best of health and get better soon!

get well gavin

Eh! Thats crazy. I was wondering why he wasn't replying to things. =(
Heal up man =/

Here's the latest update:


Looks like he'll be back soon, hopefully he doesn't rush things, though.

Get well old chap.

Oh dear. Get well soon Gav.

First of all, I didn't have a clue about this thread until someone told me about it over MSN. To start with, I am fine, although, the other day I was not. I currently have a long list of injuries, some more severe than others (from fractures to general bruising I guess). To start with, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for replying with your wishes - I didn't see them coming to be honest.

He was showing off his 'awesome' driving skills in front of a group of girls. It was me that got all of the attention however, just not the right kind. He was arrested for dangerous driving and charged with it and driving without due care and attention.

I'll see to it that I do when I'm fully recovered. I won't be dropping this without a fight.

Not that same person (he has more sense than that).

See, I knew all along that you were really a cuddly teddy-bear.

Gav // *unbreakable love* says (19:07):
hotrjepondvsnk

Sheep says (19:07):
GAV!

Gav // *unbreakable love* says (19:08):
I just read' your message, so...

Sheep says (19:08):
I didn't miss you, but neither did the driver it would seem

Gav // *unbreakable love* says (19:09):
That little joke would've worked if I was actually hit by a car.

Sheep says (19:09):
I didn't miss you enough to pay attention to the thread.

That is exactly what I said. I'll be talking to the police in a few days when I phone them to tell them I am well enough to speak to them. Until then, I should just rest and get better quicker.

Again, thanks for the wishes guys. It means a lot. If I didn't quote you, I apologise.

Great to hear you're getting back on track, Gav. Take it easy though, the first few days after the hospital are always tough.

Yes, you would know, wouldn't you Chaos... ;)

This list of injuries sounds scary, I hope you'll have a speedy recovery, Mr.Gav!

Glad to see you're still alive Gavin. You had us worried for a while. Seriously worried.

I know we haven't exactly seen eye-to-eye in the past, but this has been kinda hard to read and take in. You don't get stuff like this happening all the time, and maybe that's a good thing. Anyway, hope you get well soon, man.

How in hell did I miss this thread? Get well soon Gav. At least you seem to have got through the worst part.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Well, I have, but there's more. Last night, I had an awful pain in my neck and tried to move it, however this proved unsuccessful. I had to call the doctor out for him to have a look at it and was told to go back up the hospital today to get it checked out. Seems I have a very slight fracture in my neck now too that was not spotted during my time in hospital; kinda figures for the National Health Service.

So now, my recovery time is going to be longer than anticipated, which is going to be a burden on me because I am usually an active guy.

As for the guy who left me in this state; I spoke to the police and they have him on a GBH charge now, so you were right Joel. Apparently, before they had spoken to me, they had him down for an ABH charge.

hooray, gavizard is okay
seriosly sue the guy though, people like him are a threat to the roads
get healed fast

As I said, my main priority is getting recovered as quickly as I can and because I left the hospital early, I wasn't referred to a physiotherapist, so I'm regretting that a bit as I have to work harder to recover.

I also developed some injuries that may cost to get repaired, so getting some kind of grant; be it from suing the driver or compensation would be fantastic. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

I just saw this thread (wish I had seen this earlier, sorry), damn fucking hell. This sucks, I'm releaved you were not killed or anything.

I hope you will make a swift and full recovery!

I must have missed the post where it was said, but what is GBH and ABH?


Glad to hear things are coming along. Best wishes and I know you'll make a swift recovery :)

Grievous Bodily Harm, and Attempted Bodily Harm?

Ah, that makes sense.

Cheers=p

Grievous Bodily Harm; it's often abbreviated to GBH. It's a phrase used in English criminal law which was introduced in sections 18 and 20 Offences Against The Person Act 1861.

Actual Bodily Harm (often abbreviated to ABH) is a type of criminal assault defined under English law. It encompasses those assaults which result in injuries, typically requiring a degree of medical treatment of the victim. It is a hybrid offence, i.e; it can be tried in either the Magistrates' Court or Crown Court. There is a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment if you are convicted.

In the eyes of British law, there are several degrees of assault on another person for which you could be charged if arrested for such offences. I am not sure if these still hold but certainly 'ABH' .. Actual Bodily Harm, would be levelled at you for breaking someone's nose etc. On a sliding scale therefore, Grievous Bodily Harm would be for a more serious offence and 'Wounding' would be at a higher level still.

Unlawful wounding/inflicting grievous bodily harm is contrary to section 20 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861.

The offence is committed when a person unlawfully and maliciously, either: wounds another person; or inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person.

Both of which I fell victim to.

So could the charges be doubled?

Theoretically, yes, I'm pretty sure they can. However, I'm not quite sure if that is the case for me. I'll have to look into it.