A drunk driver who killed an island vet has been given thousands of pounds in legal aid to launch a bid to serve his prison sentence in France. Thomas Wainwright, 32, was jailed for 12 years after Theresa Wade, 29, died when the Maserati he was driving ploughed into her van on Mull in October 2015.
He has been granted £5,131 in legal aid as he seeks permission to serve his sentence in his home country and has made a second appeal to be moved. Theresa’s partner Charles Pease, 66, said Wainwright should not have been allowed to claim legal aid to get the transfer.
He said: “I was very disappointed to learn that Wainwright has undertaken an appeal to be moved to France when he has already been turned down before. I don’t agree with public money being spent this way. It’s a waste of time and money.
