Steven Cunningham (28) was banned from driving at time of crash in which Charlotte McHugh (27) died
A Downpatrick Crown Court judge said Steven Cunningham had no right to be driving on the night he crashed his car, causing the death of Charlotte McHughdriver who was high on a cocktail of drink and drugs when he crashed his BMW, causing the back-seat passenger to be flung from the car and fatally injured, was handed jail sentences amounting to a total of 16 years on Monday. .
Ordering the sentences to be served consecutively, half in prison and half on licence, the Downpatrick Crown Court judge told Cunningham he had been “the prime mover in taking her body from the scene of the fatal road traffic collision, thereby delaying calls to the emergency services”. Electric Picnic 2024 highs and lows: Kylie has an ‘absolute moment’, drink-laden plastic-cup missilesSicily yacht sinking: One dead and six missing including British tech tycoon with Irish rootsHe told Cunningham that as a disqualified driver he had “no right” to have been driving that night but in doing so, along with the fact that he was high on drink and drugs, he had demonstrated “arrogance and a lack of regard for the sanctions of this court”.
He also entered guilty pleas to driving dangerously on the Old Dundonald Road, driving while disqualified, possessing class C drugs pregabalin and diazepam, driving without insurance and perverting the course of justice in that he “participated in the removal of Charlotte McHugh from the scene of a road traffic collision on the Comber Road, Dundonald”.
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