A serial driving offender killed a pensioner on holiday just months after getting his licence back. Martin Jolly got behind the wheel of his Vauxhall Astra despite having downed beer during a trip to the beach with a friend.
The 27 year-old ended up going too fast and losing control of his car at a bend on the A710 near Barnbarroch, Dumfries and Galloway.
The vehicle went “like an arrow” into another Astra driven by Ramsay McCallum, 83, in which his wife Helen, 82, was a passenger.
Mrs McCallum never survived the horror smash on May 23, 2019. Her devastated husband was also left hurt. Jolly now faces jail after he this week admitted to a charge of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.
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