Gareth Roper was run down by an unlicensed driver who was nearly double the 30mph limit
A dad-of-six was killed by a speeding hit and run driver shortly after being left by police three miles from home and barefoot. Gareth Roper was run down by uninsured driver Jamie Evans who was driving at almost double the 30mph limit.
Bolton Crown Court heard his children were woken during the disturbance and that Mr Roper was taken away to “prevent any further difficulties”.Sara Haque, prosecuting, said Mr Roper was de-arrested nine minutes later and was left outside the Iceland store in Platt Bridge, Wigan. She said: “He was left barefoot and without any money or his mobile phone. The officers who left him at the scene are still under investigation.
In a victim personal statement read to the court, Mr Roper’s wife Rachel said: “Nobody expects that the police will come to your door and tell you your husband has been killed in a hit-and-run. He was only taken away about 45 minutes earlier and now I was being told he was dead. The court heard the family had noted Evans had posted photographs on Facebook of himself partying, and in one post bragged he would soon be going “on holiday” to Forest Bank prison. Recorder Nicholas Clarke KC was told there was evidence that Evans had been drinking lager and spirits on the night of the collision.
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