This week the wife of a motorcyclist killed by a drunk van driver fought back tears in court as she revealed how her "whole world just stopped" when she was told the terrible news of his death. Claire Osborne spoke as driver, Julieanne Walsh, was sentenced to five years for causing death by careless driving when she was over the drink drive limit.
Walsh, 32, of Abbott Road, Mansfield, was drunk when she drove over the white lines on a gentle bend and clipped part of Mark Osborne's bike with her wing mirror at Burntstump Hill. He lost control and was thrown from the bike into a traffic post and died at the scene.
Walsh, a care worker, who had a heavy drinking session at a pub in St Ann's before driving, was banned from the roads for five-and-a-half years. Read the full story here
