A teenage driver who caused the death of his best friend in a horror crash has been spared being locked up.
Connor Lawless was speeding on the A9 near North Kessock, Inverness when he braked heavily sparking a three-vehicle smash. The 19 year-old had passed his test just five months before the fatal collision.
His 16 year-old front seat passenger Gregor McIntosh was badly hurt following the incident on December 20 2019 and later passed away in hospital. Lawless pled guilty last month at a hearing in Edinburgh to a charge of causing death by careless driving.
