Teen driver who killed 'beautiful' girlfriend, 17, in horror VW Golf crash that broke his back faces years in prison

A teenage operator who killed his 'beautiful' woman successful a clang on a state roadworthy is facing years down bars.

Logan Addison, 19, caused the decease of Lily-May Vaughan, 17, aft helium mislaid power of his Volkswagen Golf adjacent Shawbury Heath, Shropshire, connected February 4, 2023.

Witnesses astatine the clip described him going 'fast arsenic f***' and successful a 'flash of a blur' earlier helium 'demolished a hedge', a obstruction and an energy pole, which snapped successful two.

After this, the car flipped implicit connected its roof, with Lily-May being pronounced dormant astatine the country connected the A53 contempt wearing a seatbelt.

The Addison, who was 17 astatine the clip and was not wearing a seatbelt, broke his backmost successful 7 places and fractured his cervix successful the collision.

Yesterday, a assemblage took 2 hours and 5 minutes to find him blameworthy of causing decease by unsafe driving. He had already admitted causing decease by careless driving.

Judge Deni Mathews asked the nationalist gallery, afloat of household members of some Miss Vaughan and Addison, to support 'dignified silence' earlier the verdict was delivered.

He adjourned his condemnation to May 15, saying helium 'must beryllium prepared for a important custodial sentence' and bailed Addison, of Shawbury, Shropshire, until that date.

The tribunal heard the suspect 'revved, dumped the clutch and wheel-spun' distant from the Shawbury municipality centre postulation lights onto a 1.2-mile road, known locally arsenic 'Parry's Lane'.

Another motorist, Harrison Cowley, told constabulary astatine the country that Addison was 'going similar f***'.

A constabulary collision investigator, PC Sarah Fraser-Smith, said it was 'likely' that Addison was travelling supra the 60 mph velocity limit, but could not springiness an close estimation of his speed.

However, Addison has ever maintained that helium was going astatine '50-55mph, nary much than 60' and said Mr Cowley 'pulled out' connected him, and helium had 'no option' different than to swerve.

Giving evidence, Addison told the court: 'He played the biggest portion successful this.'

Less than 2 months aft Miss Vaughan's death, connected March 26, Addison was driving a Mazda MX5 without owed attraction and attraction astatine a parkland and ride.

And conscionable days later, helium was caught with a Milwaukee flip fastener weapon successful Newport, Shropshire.

He was besides caught driving a Rover Metro successful Shrewsbury portion disqualified successful August 2023.

Addison was sentenced for those matters past August astatine Telford Magistrates Court, wherever helium received 8 weeks successful situation suspended for 12 months.

He was besides fixed a six-month roadworthy ban, a two-year assemblage bid including a intelligence wellness attraction programme, 100 hours of unpaid enactment and 20 rehabilitation enactment days.

After the hearing, Lily-May's parent Leanne, stepfather, Andy and different household members spoke extracurricular court.

Leanne said: 'She was killed connected February 4, 2023. It has been 2 years of implicit hell. She was the airy of our lives.

'She was specified a beauteous girl and meant the satellite to us. It's incorrect that a miss with the satellite astatine her feet tin beryllium conscionable killed similar that.

'Justice has been done today. I would similar to convey the assemblage for their hard work. Today has shown maine determination is immoderate bully successful the world.

'I deliberation she was excessively bully for this world. She ever wanted to assistance people. She loved animals.

'Since she could speech she said she wanted a dog. In lockdown, she got Sadie, who was her small shadow.

'She loved her family. There is simply a monolithic spread successful our family.

'I privation this to beryllium a message: that driving is simply a privilege. Maybe it volition marque radical halt and think.

'The younker request to beryllium educated. We'll support campaigning for graduated driving licences.'

Speaking astatine the clip of her death, Lily-May's household besides described her arsenic a 'beautiful, benignant and caring young lady'.

They said: 'We are heartbroken pursuing the incidental and the nonaccomplishment of our angel Lily-May.

'She was a beautiful, kind, happy, caring and loving idiosyncratic who leaves down a household that loves her dearly and who'll volition miss her each and each time she is nary longer with us.

'We are inactive coming to presumption with the devastating nonaccomplishment of a 17-year-old young woman with the satellite astatine her feet and we inquire that our privateness is respected astatine this hard clip whilst the constabulary proceed their investigation.'