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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Drink-driver who killed rickshaw passenger in crash has sentence increased

PA Wire

A drunk driver who was jailed for crashing into a rickshaw and killing a passenger has had his prison sentence increased after it was challenged by the Solicitor General at the Court of Appeal.

Luis Balcazar Soto, 25, did not have a licence and was over twice the drink-drive limit when the silver Kia he was driving smashed into the pedicab, throwing Sophie Strickland, 31, from the vehicle.

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