An ex-footballer who fatally injured a former soldier on a zebra crossing before lighting a cigarette and fleeing the scene has been jailed for two years. Craig Smart, 44, a one-time centre forward with Montose FC, was driving his employers' white Ford Transit van when he collided with Army veteran Dave McArthur on the crossing in Cardenden, Fife.
Mr McArthur, a 43-year-old father-of-two, who in civilian life served the community by helping people with addictions, was using the zebra to go to a Tesco Express on Station Road, Cardenden. He was thrown 9.62 metres, landing on the pavement with such a severe head injury that he died in hospital two days later.
An eye witness described Smart's van doing "excessive speed" - which police estimated to be between 20 to 27 mph - before "a loud bang". It later emerged he went on to commit three subsequent speeding offences while on bail over Mr McArthur's death.
