A dangerous driver who killed a dad-to-be before fleeing the scene has had his prison sentence extended.
John Frazer Yates, 28, of no fixed abode, but from North Wales, has had his original prison term quashed and will now serve 11 years and three months in jail after the Court of Appeal determined his initial sentence was unduly lenient. The court heard how after midnight on November 15 last year, Yates was travelling northbound on the M6, between junction 20 and 21.
Temporary roadworks, which had a speed limit of 50mph, forced Yates to move into a single lane of traffic. But due to the excessive speed Yates was travelling at, which experts calculated to be 128mph, he crashed with a vehicle driven by a third party before hitting Christopher Smith's, from St Helens, car.
