Uninsured driver jailed for killing newlywed
AN UNINSURED driver who killed a newlywed mum-oftwo in a head-on crash after overtaking on a blind bend has been jailed for more than four years.
Thomas Canning, 22, from Dunbartonshire, admitted causing the death of 32-yearold Lisa Fleming on Rosneath Road, Rosneath, on July 31, 2017 by dangerous driving.
The High Court in Glasgow heard Mrs Fleming, who was married in May 2017, had been shopping in Dumbarton and had texted her husband at 4.50pm to say she was heading home.
At 6.16pm she was pronounced death at the scene by paramedics.
Yesterday judge Lord Mulholland jailed Canning, who had only obtained a driving licence 22 months before the crash, for four and a half years.
And he disqualified him from driving for eight years.
The judge said he had read the “heartbreaking” victim impact statements from Mrs Fleming’s family and said, “You have visited upon them a life sentence of grief and loss”.
The court heard Mrs Fleming had a young daughter with her husband and a son from a previous relationship.
Prosecutor Iain McSporran told the court that Canning, a chef, was driving a Ford Mondeo bought a week before and was uninsured.
Canning lost control of the car, which went onto the wrong side of the road and collided with Mrs Fleming’s car.
She was found dead after suffering head and neck injuries.
A 16-year-old boy who was in Canning’s car sustained a broken ankle and collarbone.
Mr McSporran said: “The evidence of eyewitnesses, coupled with the police collision investigation, make it clear that Lisa Fleming would have had no time to react or avoid the collision.”
The court heard Canning had an endorsement for crossing solid white line centre markings and was fined £200 and three penalty points.