Death crash driver who fled UK is jailed for 15 years

FLED UK, TAUNTED POLICE AND ARRANGED SHOOTING

- By ESTHER HALLIGAN

A DANGER driver who fled the country after causing the death of his friend was described by a judge as a “third rate pound shop wannabe-gangster” as he was jailed for 15 years.

Euan Corbett taunted police and arranged a shooting in Middlesbrough while abroad.

Corbett’s Audi A3 left the road and “bounced twice” before it overturned after he tried to negotiate a bend on the North York moors at over 100mph on May 2, 2020.

His passenger and friend, Shane Finn, 21, was taken to James Cook University Hospital by air ambulance, but he died from his injuries two days later.

When another car stopped to help at the scene on Knott Road, which is north of Rosedale Abbey, Corbett, lied to them.

He told the woman who stopped to help Mr Finn not to say he was there when the emergency services asked who was at the scene.

He claimed that another man had been driving; and that he had fled the scene - something the court heard distracted the police investigation.

A collision expert later found that Corbett was driving at speeds between 100 and 120mph. He had no driving licence or insurance.

The brakes of his Audi were worn, although that was not found to be a contributing factor.