Mercedes driver admits causing deaths of couple

Dean Yarrow and Faye Wardle died at the scene of horrific collision

- By MARK NAYLOR

A YOUNG Bridlington woman who caused the deaths of two people in a horrific collision by careless driving while she was apparently “in a hurry” to get to a beauty salon has finally pleaded guilty, despite fighting a trial back in 2023.

Mercedes driver Laila Barnard-Wigley was originally due to face a retrial at Hull Crown Court after a jury was unable to reach verdicts.

Following a series of delays in listing the retrial after the jury was eventually discharged in December 2023, she changed her pleas to guilty after legal discussions were held ahead of the planned retrial.

Barnard-Wigley, 27, of Thoresby Avenue, Bridlington, admitted causing the deaths of Dean Yarrow, 33, and his girlfriend, Faye Wardle, 32, by careless driving on May 7, 2021.

Sentence was adjourned until January and Barnard-Wigley was allowed unconditional bail until the next hearing. Defence barrister Richard Dawson, who represented her at the original trial, asked for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.