Motoring Journo Jailed
Discussion
I'm sure many of you will be aware of Chris Pollitt, formerly of Car and Classic and regular online motoring content poster. Over the last few years he has produced some quite good content restoring old cars, particularly a couple of Rover 800s and an old Daimler. He did one about an old Rover 827 that he rescued from a hedge and ended up exhibiting it at the NEC. His social media postings have deteriorated over the last year or so alongside an alleged deterioriation in his mental health. Kicking off about former employers, being generally agressive and angry followed by teary videos expressing remorse etc. There was a "fundraiser" for him to help him get his life back on track at the end of 2023 that raised nearly £18k for him, much of which was contrubuted by his 35000 motoring content supporters/followers.
A couple of months ago he went dark on social media and this was accompanied by rumours of dodgy online behaviour/harassment of a sexual nature, the details of which I wont go into here (X/Twitter has all the gory details if you're interested).
However that pales into insignifance when matters culminated yesterday at Bristol Crown Court with him being jailed for 23 months for the ABH and Intentional Strangulation of his long term partner of 9 years.
What an absolutely tragic story for all involved.
A couple of months ago he went dark on social media and this was accompanied by rumours of dodgy online behaviour/harassment of a sexual nature, the details of which I wont go into here (X/Twitter has all the gory details if you're interested).
However that pales into insignifance when matters culminated yesterday at Bristol Crown Court with him being jailed for 23 months for the ABH and Intentional Strangulation of his long term partner of 9 years.
What an absolutely tragic story for all involved.
Ct9823 said:
I'm sure many of you will be aware of Chris Pollitt, formerly of Car and Classic and regular online motoring content poster. Over the last few years he has produced some quite good content restoring old cars, particularly a couple of Rover 800s and an old Daimler. He did one about an old Rover 827 that he rescued from a hedge and ended up exhibiting it at the NEC. His social media postings have deteriorated over the last year or so alongside an alleged deterioriation in his mental health. Kicking off about former employers, being generally agressive and angry followed by teary videos expressing remorse etc. There was a "fundraiser" for him to help him get his life back on track at the end of 2023 that raised nearly £18k for him, much of which was contrubuted by his 35000 motoring content supporters/followers.
A couple of months ago he went dark on social media and this was accompanied by rumours of dodgy online behaviour/harassment of a sexual nature, the details of which I wont go into here (X/Twitter has all the gory details if you're interested).
However that pales into insignifance when matters culminated yesterday at Bristol Crown Court with him being jailed for 23 months for the ABH and Intentional Strangulation of his long term partner of 9 years.
What an absolutely tragic story for all involved.
It seemed to escalate quite quickly. I'm not totally surprised it's happened but angry it did. For the people he hurt and all those who gave money to him. It's inexcusable behaviour. A couple of months ago he went dark on social media and this was accompanied by rumours of dodgy online behaviour/harassment of a sexual nature, the details of which I wont go into here (X/Twitter has all the gory details if you're interested).
However that pales into insignifance when matters culminated yesterday at Bristol Crown Court with him being jailed for 23 months for the ABH and Intentional Strangulation of his long term partner of 9 years.
What an absolutely tragic story for all involved.
I'm always wary of gofundme's for spurious reasons then he disappeared so I sort of thought my initial concerns were right and that was it. But what was happening behind the scenes was far worse. The support for Deborah has been good to see. Many who thought they were meaning well and he's taken advantage of it.
Absolutely horrendous. He clearly hadn't been well for some time but there there is no excuse for what he did. Really heartening to see the love and support given to his former partner on twitter and I just hope that she and their/her kid(s) can move on from this and rebuild their lives.
MrBig said:
Absolutely shocking. Never met the guy but he seemed to be a reasonable sort. I guess that's always the way.
I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but my spidey sense stopped me from donating to the gofundme. I'm quite glad about that now.
Seen a few comments on social media, where he has been rather arsey and abrupt in his responses.I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but my spidey sense stopped me from donating to the gofundme. I'm quite glad about that now.
tali1 said:
MrBig said:
Absolutely shocking. Never met the guy but he seemed to be a reasonable sort. I guess that's always the way.
I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but my spidey sense stopped me from donating to the gofundme. I'm quite glad about that now.
Seen a few comments on social media, where he has been rather arsey and abrupt in his responses.I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but my spidey sense stopped me from donating to the gofundme. I'm quite glad about that now.
ThingsBehindTheSun said:
Never really understood why people gave money to his GoFund page to enable him to restore a car that should just have been scrapped.
In exchange for interesting youtube content. Although I don't think anything ever got created after the money was raised (from memory I think I chipped in a couple of quid).I see from Twitter that there are further allegations coming out about off-colour DMs he was sending to female motoring enthusiasts.
Met him in Jan this year at a little meet local to him. I did not know him before just via social media and I was shocked to hear about this. And thoughts with his Ex for what she and her family went through. Glad there has been lots of support for her.
As for Chris I have no views as I don't know the info or him personally.
As for Chris I have no views as I don't know the info or him personally.
tough one this - but certainly seems like a genuine medical decline (not making excuses).
A friend of mine jumped in front of a train earlier in the year............that was a very rapid decline since Xmas, and I can tell you that at age 50 plus..........his personality changed significantly. I can only suggest that if someone with a couple of kids is willing to jump in front of a train, another person in medical decline could indeed attack his partner.
Very sad for all concerned.
A friend of mine jumped in front of a train earlier in the year............that was a very rapid decline since Xmas, and I can tell you that at age 50 plus..........his personality changed significantly. I can only suggest that if someone with a couple of kids is willing to jump in front of a train, another person in medical decline could indeed attack his partner.
Very sad for all concerned.
Truckosaurus said:
ThingsBehindTheSun said:
Never really understood why people gave money to his GoFund page to enable him to restore a car that should just have been scrapped.
In exchange for interesting youtube content. Although I don't think anything ever got created after the money was raised (from memory I think I chipped in a couple of quid).I see from Twitter that there are further allegations coming out about off-colour DMs he was sending to female motoring enthusiasts.
Not that’s an excuse, btw.
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