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Driver in 2021 M62 Motorcyclist's Death Jailed for 12 Years After False Health Claims Exposed

Police credit exhaustive digital evidence with exposing false medical-unfitness claims.

Overview

  • Steven Naylor, 41, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on January 8.
  • He received 12 years in prison for the M62 collision near Huyton that killed 23-year-old motorcyclist Owen Baugh in April 2021.
  • Merseyside Police said hundreds of hours of CCTV, mobile-phone footage and records revealed Naylor living normally, contradicting years of unfitness assertions.
  • The force described the inquiry as one of the largest undertaken by its Serious Collision Investigations Unit, which gathered extensive digital and documentary evidence.
  • Lisa Naylor, 40, was jailed for four and a half years for perverting the course of justice, and the victim’s family expressed devastation and thanked responders and investigators.