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Alan Erwin

Nathan Phair loses appeal over death by dangerous driving conviction

A drug dealer jailed for causing his girlfriend’s death in a high-speed car chase has failed in a legal bid to overturn his conviction.

Nathan Phair, 26, crashed into a tree near Derrylin, Co Fermanagh in October 2017, killing 23-year-old passenger Natasha Carruthers.

Defence lawyers argued that he acted under duress in a bid to flee from Padraig Toher, the man he had just swindled in a cocaine deal.

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