Driver jailed over horror crash that killed his partner and scarred child

A DRIVER killed his long-term partner and left a five-year-old child with a permanent scar to his face after an "utterly appalling piece of driving" led to a crash.

- PHILIP DEWEY

He lost control of his vehicle and collided with a car driven by a pregnant woman, whose children were in her car, and caused the death of his front-seat passenger.

Jack Llewellyn, 25, smashed his black Skoda Octavia into a silver Ford C-Max after "weaving" in and out of traffic before swerving.

The collision, in Greenforge Way, Cwmbran, resulted in the passenger side of the defendant's car being wrecked and his passenger, Nicholas Page, being killed.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard the mother of five-year-old boy was driving in Greenforge Way on March 30, 2023, with her two young children in the back. She was seven months' pregnant at the time.

She spotted Llewellyn's car speeding up the hill and swerving out to overtake another car, before he lost control and swerving in and out towards her vehicle.

The side of the Skoda hit the Ford straight on with such force it caused it to spin and face the opposite way, while the Skoda faced back the way it had come.

The mother looked back and saw a “massive laceration” to her five-year-old son's forehead and he was covered in blood, while her other son suffered a friction burn.

Witness Colin Pilot described seeing Llewellyn's car passing him at speed and undertaking a Seat Ibiza before attempting to overtake another vehicle and losing control.

Mr Pilot said the back of the defendant's car swerved to the right, and as Llewellyn tried to correct this, the car spun sideways and struck the Ford.

Prosecutor Matthew Roberts said the car was “zigzagging”.

Mr Pilot's dad, Brian, who was a passenger in his son’s car, said he formed the view Llewellyn’s car was “racing” with a blue Skoda as they were driving at speed and performing overtaking and undertaking manoeuvres.

The driver of the blue Skoda was found to be moving a friend’s possessions along with the defendant.