Jailed drink-driver who killed island vet loses second bid to serve sentence in France

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A drink-driver who killed an island vet after downing whisky has lost a second bid to serve the remainder of his jail sentence in France.Thomas Wainwright was caged for 12 years after Theresa Wade died when the high-powered Maserati he was driving ploughed into her van on the Isle of Mull in October 2015.Wainwright, 32, claimed Theresa had been on the wrong side of the road and caused the accident.

But traffic experts disproved his claim.Wainwright’s family are of Scottish origin but he has lived in France most of his life so he appealed to Scottish Ministers to be moved to a French prison.Last week, his request was denied following a judicial review hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

The court heard that under French law, Wainwright would have been freed two years earlier if he was transferred.Theresa’s partner, Charles Pease, has said it is right Wainwright should be left to serve his sentence in the country where he committed the crime.Charles, 67, said: “Wainwright has at no stage apologised for his actions, his behaviour in court was despicable by first denying liability for having caused her death despite police evidence to the contrary.“He then tried to blame Theresa who died as a result of his actions.

There is no sign of remorse and wanting to go back to France is all about him.“The impact this has had on Theresa’s family has been very hard.