Hit-and-run liar left man in a coma
ADRIVER who hit a pedestrian with such force he flew across two lanes of a busy Cardiff dual carriageway, before driving home as if nothing had happened, has been jailed.
Marvin Dane Hanson, of Lydstep Crescent, Gabalfa, was sentenced to three years at Newport Crown Court for causing serious injury to 27-yearold Jesse Taylor by dangerous driving.
Hanson was travelling at more than 51mph in a 30mph zone on Caerphilly Road when he hit Mr Taylor who was walking home from a night out with friends just after midnight on September 1, 2018.
Mr Taylor, who had spent “a pleasant social evening” at the College Tavern, was left in a coma with multiple fractures and a bleed on his brain and has been unable to work since.
Hanson, 45, was found guilty at a trial last month, which was told he did not stop after hitting Mr Taylor, but instead carried on to Gabalfa Roundabout, before doubling back to see what he had done.
Hanson saw Mr Taylor lying at the roadside, surrounded by his friends and others who had witnessed the collision, and pretended he was an innocent bystander before getting in his car and driving home.
Hanson, a father-of-three, handed himself in at Cardiff Police Station at 9.15am the next day.
CCTV footage, presented at Hanson’s trial, captured the moments before the collision, which showed
him travelling at more than 60mph in his Volkswagon Polo. Despite slowing as he approached pedestrian lights, which were green, Hanson said he failed to spot Mr Taylor, who was heading towards the Birchgrove area, and was unaware he had hit him.
Mr Taylor had attempted to cross the four-lane carriageway to get to his home in Birchgrove, and was hit by Hanson in the second lane.
Sentencing Hanson, Judge Tracey Lloyd Clarke said he had “utterly changed this young man’s life” with “catastrophic” impacts on the family.
“You have taken away the future that they thought lay ahead,” she said.
Hanson was sentenced to three years in prison, half of which will be served in custody.
His driving disqualification was also extended to six years and six months to account for his time in prison and he must also sit an extended test to regain his licence.