A TEENAGE driver was jailed for four years after a crash at Deddington in which a recently qualified doctor was killed.
Oxford Crown Court heard that Nolan Haworth, 19, of Ribston Close, Hanwell Fields, Banbury, was driving "like a joyrider" as he raced to make it to a court hearing on May 18, swerving across double white lines and overtaking on blind bends in his Vauxhall Nova.
After dangerously overtaking a lorry on the brow of a hill, Haworth's car ploughed into the car being driven by Dr Margaret Davidson, 26, killing her instantly. Dr Davidson was driving home to Kidlington after a long night shift at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
At Oxford Crown Court, the tragic nature of the case became too much for Judge Julian Hall as he was forced to leave the courtroom, wiping his eyes, after reading the statement from Dr Davidson's mother Elizabeth.
Read the full story in this week's The Oxford Times.
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