Hughes to Jail

Davey Devil

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/3548840.stm

Hughes jailed after death crash


Premiership footballer Lee Hughes has been jailed for six years for causing death by dangerous driving.
The 28-year-old West Bromwich striker was convicted on Monday of causing the death of father-of-four Douglas Graham in Meriden, near Coventry, in November.

Mr Graham, 56, died after Hughes' £100,000 Mercedes car ploughed into the Renault in which he was a passenger.

Hughes, who had denied the charge, fled from the scene and did not turn himself into police for 36 hours.

He was convicted at Coventry Crown Court on Monday, following a six-day trial.

The jury took 90 minutes to reach its decision.

Hughes had earlier admitted failing to stop after the crash last November.

Hughes also admitted a second offence of failing to report an accident following the collision.

In a statement released after the verdict, 50-year-old Mrs Graham described the impact the loss of her husband had had on the family.


Douglas Graham died from the injuries he received in the crash

"Something has been taken away from my family that can never be replaced," she said.

"We know that we must now simply attempt to come to terms with the loss.

"We can only hope that the person involved will acknowledge what he has done to my family.

"Nobody can understand the huge amount of grief and stress that has been caused to my family over the last nine months."

Mrs Graham said she had never heard of Lee Hughes before the tragedy and had no interest in football.

She said husband had followed the fortunes of Coventry City - one of Hughes' former clubs

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Not long enough in my opinion, he'll probably be out in 3 years.

eirebhoy

He got what he deserved, the end of his football career. 6 years is plenty for a crime such as this as long as it wasn't planned.

Boro

why do so many footballers seem to act so recklessly by driving fast and dangerously in their expensive cars? Maybe this will serve as a wake up call for some of them (Kieron Dyer and all).

AFAIK, Hughes had several previous accidents/offenses before. Its the end of his working/sporting life pretty much though, unless he becomes a coach or something, if he gets out. Although saying that, he will probably be out on parole in a couple of years.

[edit]Urk.. boards is awful at my end atm, sorry for the extra posts!

Guy:Incognito

Boro wrote:

why do so many footballers seem to act so recklessly by driving fast and dangerously in their expensive cars? Maybe this will serve as a wake up call for some of them (Kieron Dyer and all).

AFAIK, Hughes had several previous accidents/offenses before. Its the end of his working/sporting life pretty much though, unless he becomes a coach or something, if he gets out. Although saying that, he will probably be out on parole in a couple of years.

[edit]Urk.. boards is awful at my end atm, sorry for the extra posts!

In fairness its not just footballers, most people in expensive high powered cars speed, why buy a car that can do 200+mph and drive it around at 30mph. The couple of footballers that have been involved in high profile crashes, Kluivert, hughes etc, hardly account for a large percentage. I think the amount of penalty points handed out over the last year or so have proved that us mere mortals are just as guilty of speeding and/or wreckless driving.

mike65

For me while the crash was bad its the fact he ran that puts a hat on it, he should'nt be allowed parole.

Mike.