Killer driver wins appeal to have ban and his prison term reduced

A Johnstone motorist who killed a road worker and injured four of his workmates had his jail sentence and driving ban reduced on appeal on Friday.

- DAVE FINLAY

Norbert Kas lost control of his BMW car moments before striking Neil Farr and other workers at Dumbarton, in West Dunbartonshire, on May 9 2022.

Mr Farr ended up trapped under the joiner’s vehicle following the collision at the town’s Lomondgate roundabout and lost his life.

Kas, 47, admitted causing death by careless driving and was jailed for three years in September this year.

The sentencing judge, Lord Armstrong, also banned him from driving for five years and three months at the High Court in Edinburgh.