Top Valley man jailed for death by dangerous driving
A MAN who caused the death of an 18-year-old by dangerous driving was today locked up for four-and-a-half years.
Jake Fretwell, of Edern Gardens, Top Valley, was driving a stolen silver Vauxhall Vectra when it crashed into hay bales on the B6011 Forest Lane, near Papplewick, last May.
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Nottingham Crown Court
His passenger, 18-year-old Kyle Dooley, died from multiple injuries.
Fretwell appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing today.
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He had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at a previous hearing and was locked up for four-and-a-half years.
He was also given a 12-month sentence for the theft of the car which crashed, a four-month jail term for driving while disqualified and four months for been in possession of a bronze bell stolen from St Philip’s Church, in Top Valley. All sentences followed guilty pleas and will run concurrently.
He was also banned from driving for five years.
See tomorrow’s Post for the full story.
Comments
by facemenow
Wednesday, February 08 2012, 3:02AM
“Why would you steal a bell? more to the point how would you steal a bell, the whole point of them is they are noisy...Although i wish he had taken the one from down the road, it drives me insane. Another proud moment for the justice system, judges don't seem to live in the real world.”
by foolman
Tuesday, February 07 2012, 6:48PM
“derby dweller, get a grip....suffered enough? what about the victims of crime. the dude who died knew of the risk he was taking.....his mate who killed him deserves to suffer for the rest of his life...he is the one that chose not to stop for the police....”
by foolman
Tuesday, February 07 2012, 6:45PM
“Limited sympathy here...You dance with the devil, you have to wait for the music to stop....
And 4 1/2 yrs....how leinient can the judge be, how can you possibly mitigate this. The guy drove a stolen car, crashed it, and killed someone....4 1/2 yrs, the maximun is 14 or 15 yrs i think....I am not saying dooley had a crime ridden life worthy of more than this, but they driver killed someone....lame old british criminal justice system”
by countytilldie
Monday, February 06 2012, 10:04PM
“i have sympathy for the families DARKNESS,but not them two.
i hope you all pull through this nightmare.”
by darkness1104
Monday, February 06 2012, 8:52PM
“2 lads that have grown up together,1 lost his life and 1 has to live with that for the rest of his life, some people learn the easy way and others have to learn the hard way and 2 lots of families have had to suffer through all this”
by 1016356
Monday, February 06 2012, 8:52PM
“Great seeing the defendant turning up at crown court in a tracksuit...no respect whatsoever”
by jemzul12
Monday, February 06 2012, 6:54PM
“u lot really need to think about our families before writing ur sick comments on here, have u really got nothing better to do? thankyou martynofderby at least u have a heart”
by Smith1980
Monday, February 06 2012, 5:30PM
“Charming as usual.”
by eddynffc
Monday, February 06 2012, 4:34PM
“martynoof derby you are a tw*t get real he should have died instead of his mate”
by DJjazzy
Monday, February 06 2012, 3:51PM
“Scum bag should have died with his scum bag mate”