Overview
- West was sentenced to 16 months in prison and disqualified from driving for two years and eight months.
- He pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and to driving uninsured after removing the vehicle’s safety recorder.
- Court heard that West was exceeding the 30mph limit on Heol Trelai in Cardiff when he struck 15-year-old Keely Morgan at a pedestrian crossing.
- Passengers testified that he performed “snaking” maneuvers and deliberately removed the car’s black box, invalidating his insurance contrary to his repair claim.
- Keely, who had survived a kidney transplant in 2021, died at the scene and members of the public jeered at West as he left the courtroom.