A driver who killed an 18-day-old boy after crashing into his pram while using a phone has had his sentence increased at the Court of Appeal. James Paul Davis, 36, was originally handed a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence after he was convicted of causing the death of Ciaran Leigh Morris by dangerous driving while uninsured.
On Easter Sunday last year, Davis mounted the pavement in an unregistered BMW after colliding with another car in Brownhills, near Walsall, fatally injuring Ciaran before fleeing the scene. After he was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court in April, Davis’s sentence was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General’s Office, arguing it was “unduly lenient”.
On Wednesday, judges at the Court of Appeal increased his sentence to 10 years at a hearing attended by Davis via video-link from HMP Birmingham. Oliver Glasgow QC, for the Attorney General, argued that the sentencing judge failed to properly consider some factors that increased the seriousness of the crime, including Davis’s excessive speed and his use of cannabis.
