Overview
- Shrewsbury Crown Court sentenced Danny Francis, 29, to seven years in prison and disqualified him from driving for 11 years and eight months with an extended re-test required.
- CCTV showed Francis on a pub crawl across multiple venues, drinking 11 pints and ferrying overcrowded passengers, including one seen getting into the boot of his Range Rover.
- Around midnight on the A458 at Rowton, he crossed into the opposite lane while negotiating standing water and hit two motorcycles, killing 17-year-old Benjamin Worrall and catastrophically injuring Nathan Fountain.
- Nathan Fountain has undergone extensive treatment, including an above-knee amputation and a prolonged hospital stay, with long-term effects on his health and livelihood.
- Francis fled the scene and was arrested hours later at his girlfriend’s home; the judge branded his conduct “shameful” and police described it as selfish.