Darryl Anderson's car killed eight-month-old Zackary Blades and Karlene Warner on the A1
A drink-driver who a judge said played 'Russian roulette' with lives on a motorway at more than 140mph killed a baby and his aunt in a horror crash.
Anderson, the court heard, had been driving his Audi Q5 erratically from Newcastle Airport having been drinking excessively on the plane back from a shortened holiday after falling out with his wife. Judge Joanne Kidd jailed him for 17 years and three months - and banned him from driving for a further 21-and-a-half years when he is released. Around 50 friends and family members of the two victims were in court for the sentencing.
Addressing the judge, she said: "Your Honour, I stand before you today a broken shell of a woman and a childless mother. But this guilt is not mine to bear – this guilt is owed to the person that caused this infinite agony. I hope the pain of this weighs them down for all eternity."
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