Quote Originally Posted by Pokster View Post
Hard to prove that him not having a front brake constitutes an act that was likely to cause death
Well apart from someone being dead as a likely consequence, yes.

To my mind, what he did is no different to me going out driving at high speeds while knowing my car's brakes were fúcked and killing someone. Whether that's manslaughter or not I don't know, but it's certainly utterly reprehensible.