'The truth is Tom is dead and your actions caused that, Alicia'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

His mum sat in the witness box of a large clinical-looking court room with a knitted red love heart emblazoned on her top. The rest of his family watched on, dabbing away tears and sniffling.

Looking to the centre of the room, where a large glass dock protruded, she spoke: “The truth is Tom is dead and your actions caused that, Alicia.” In the front row of the glass box, Alicia Fairclough hung her head.

A month on from being convicted of the death of her partner, and father of her children, she was to learn her fate. The family had been at a friend's wedding at Rivington Barn in November 2021.

They decided to leave, with Fairclough saying she would drive because he was ‘drunk’. She drove his Audi A8, reaching speeds of 78mph before ‘averaging’ out at 60mph in a 30mph zone.