A much-loved grandad was killed on his grandaughter's birthday in a head-on crash caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel after a disturbed night's sleep while wild camping.
Alan Lockey was tired after a night under a tarpaulin in The Cheviots, in Northumberland, but took the fateful decision to drive home. Despite having his air conditioning on maximum to try to keep himself awake, he dozed off and veered into the path of 76-year-old David Henderson's car, killing him and leaving his dog so badly injured she had to be put down.
Lockey, himself a grandad, was originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving but prosecutors accepted his plea to the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. He has now been jailed for nine months at Newcastle Crown Court and was banned from driving for two years.
