A dangerous driver who killed a dad-to-be on the M6 has had his jail sentence increased by three years. John Frazer Yates, 28, reached an estimated 128 mph on the M6 in a stretch which had a 50 mph limit due to roadworks when the fatal crash happened.
Yates of no fixed abode, 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 that at just after midnight on November 15th 2022, Yates was travelling northbound on the M6 motorway, between junction 20., Lymm and 21, Thelwall, near Warrington.
Temporary roadworks, which had a speed limit of 50 mph, 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 128 mph, he collided with a vehicle driven by a third party before hitting Christopher Smith’s car.
