An intoxicated driver caused the death of his teenager passenger after drinking cider and smoking cannabis behind the wheel. His driving was described as "horrendous" after he caused a collision with an oncoming car after drifting at speed into the opposite lane.
Ricky Davies, 30, killed his back seat passenger Dafydd Hughes, 18, and caused serious injury to Graham Leader, whose car was hit during the collision on the B4235 between Chepstow and Shirenewton in Monmouthshire on May 8 last year. Mr Hughes suffered catastrophic head injuries and died at the scene of the crash, having not worn a seat belt.
Following the collision, Davies was found to be almost twice the drink drive limit and had cannabis in his system. He had been drinking and taking cocaine the night before at a nightclub and house party with Mr Hughes' father David Davies before driving to a dog show in Usk.
