Four killed: driver jailed 18 months
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DRRY DRIVER Ronald Cain was jailed for 18 months and banned om driving for ten years by Carlisle Crown Court, which convicted im of causing the deaths of four people by reckless driving.
For the prosecution, John urke said Cain, of Pinfold treet, Cockermouth, had been lying his cement vehicle in a uly terrifying manner. Cain was )nging on the roof singing, aring his horn and jigging )out before his vehicle collided ?.ad on with a car at 70mph, I ling its occupants.
Mr Burke said that earlier in e day Cain had been at a splay at an agricultural show. 3 had been drinking and he re
sted all efforts to stop him )m driving. After the accident in was breathalised and it was und that his blood alcohol 'Lint was nearly three times the gal limit. When the accident :curred Cain ran off and was later found at a nearby golf club. He told the police that he could remember nothing about the accident.
Defending, David Boulton said the accident happened on markings in the centre of the road on the A66 near Keswick. It was accepted that Cain's vehicle should not have been there but he asked the jury to convict Cain on lesser charges of driving without due care and attention and find him not guilty of the charges of causing death by reckless driving. The jury unanimously found Cain guilty of all four reckless driving charges.
Sentencing Cain, Judge Ian Webster said it was the worst case of its kind he had come across in the 31 years he had spent in the legal profession. The defendant should be thankful that he was not facing a charge of manslaughter.