Overview
- A Newport Crown Court jury concluded Bayliss "did the act" of causing death by dangerous driving following a two-day proceeding.
- Medical evidence found Bayliss unfit to stand trial because of life-changing injuries from the crash, so jurors ruled on the factual question instead of guilt.
- Sophie Brimble, 20, died at the scene in Brynmawr when Bayliss’s Volkswagen Polo struck a lamppost during an impromptu race.
- A collision investigator estimated Bayliss was travelling close to 90mph in a 30mph zone, and Brimble’s family and Gwent Police issued statements of tribute and warning over dangerous driving.
- Neil Brooks, the other driver involved, was jailed in 2019 for eight years and disqualified from driving for five years.