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Drink and drug driver jailed for taxi death crash
Lancashire Evening Post
|October 28, 2025
A man who drove a stolen car while drunk and high on drugs before killing a father of three in a crash in Morecambe has been jailed for 15 years.
Jez Shepherd, 23, admitted causing death by dangerous driving
Jez Shepherd, 23, of Green Street, Morecambe, admitted causing death by dangerous driving after his stolen Fiat Punto collided with a taxi on Westgate in August.
The taxi passenger, 50-year-old Wayne Putley, from Morecambe, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead in hospital despite the efforts of emergency services.
Shepherd had stolen the Punto earlier that day and driven around Morecambe at high speed.
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