Court of Appeal upholds driver Darren Jacques' six-year sentence for causing five-year-old Layton Darwood's death in 2020.

Court of Appeal dismisses driver Darren Jacques' appeal for a reduced sentence after he caused the death of five-year-old Layton Darwood in a tragic incident in Fenham, near Newcastle, in 2020. Jacques had a history of 26 convictions for 54 offences, including 11 motoring offences, and had been disqualified from driving four times. The judges called the original six-year prison sentence "fully merited" and rejected Jacques' claim that it was "manifestly excessive."

August 13, 2024
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