Ex-footballer kills couple by driving into them when connecting phone as sat nav

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He initially told police he was distracted by a bird flying past when his 10-tonne lorry crashed into the retired couple's car.

Steven Bennett was trying to reconnect his sat nav, did not see the slowing traffic and drove straight into Richard and Angela Wong’s car

Bennett, who used to play football for Barnsley FC, was focusing on plugging his phone in so that his sat nav would reconnect when he drove into the Wongs on the M56 near Warrington, in Cheshire. Bennett initially told police he was distracted by a bird flying past but a phone examination later showed he had been using it while driving.Just before the accident, Bennett plugged the phone in to charge and then unplugged it twice.The ex-footballer has a previous conviction for using his phone while driving in June 2018.Bennett admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving last month. He was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday.

Steven Bennett, who has a previous conviction for driving and using his phone, was jailed for five years

 

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5 years for killing two people! The state of our justice system is a joke. You would get more for smugling cigarettes, oh that's taking money from the government! But killing two people cause you were distracted, you didn't pull over and stop, instead you say a bird was at fault!

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