Scots man who killed two passengers by dangerous driving found guilty in court

dailyrecord.co.uk:

An estate worker who killed two passengers in his car after driving dangerously on a country road was jailed today after leaving the victims at the scene.

Jordan Lawrence, 25, had been drinking at a party held following a pheasant shoot when he lost control of the vehicle which was propelled through the air onto the shoreline near to the single track B8024 in Argyllshire.Teenager Jasmine Herron and Jonathan 'Jonny' Graham, the head gamekeeper at the Ormsary Estate, near Lochgilphead, were thrown from the car and were so badly injured that they died.

Lawrence had denied causing the deaths by driving dangerously on January 25 and 26 in 2020, but was convicted of the offence following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.He drove while unfit through the consumption of alcohol, at excessive speed and failed to maintain observations.

He lost control of the car and it left the roadway and the vehicle struck a boulder before becoming airborne. Lawrence, of Low Bowhill Farm, Newmilns, in Ayrshire, was also convicted of failing to report the accident.A judge told the first offender: "You have been found guilty of a very serious charge in circumstances which are plainly tragic for all concerned."Lord Beckett told Lawrence, who was on bail, that he would be remanded in custody while a background report is prepared on him ahead of sentencing.