Jail term doubled for driver who killed cyclist
A hit-and-run driver who killed a cyclist has had his prison sentence doubled at the Court of Appeal after judges ruled that the original jail term handed down of four years was “unduly lenient.”
He did not stop at the scene and his car was later found abandoned, but several days later handed himself in to police. In their judgment handed down yesterday, appeal court judges Lord Justice William Davis, Mr Justice Morris and Judge Sylvia de Bertodano said that the trial judge had not taken current sentencing guidelines into account when determining the punishment imposed on Ahmed.
“He still had so many hope and dreams, including having a family of his own. We will not be able to see him realise those dreams. “Our investigation showed that Ahmed had no regard for public safety, with CCTV showing that he had been driving at over 65mph in 30mph zone. After the collision he drove away, leaving Mr Kristiansen with catastrophic injuries, relying on other members of the public to call for help.
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