Overview

• Coburn’s white Ford Transit veered onto the wrong side of the A120 near Standon Hill on August 5, 2023, striking Bethan Fraser-Andrews’s Kia Picanto and killing her at the scene.
• Court evidence showed he was using his phone to engage in sexual acts and conversations while over the legal limits for alcohol, cocaine and MDMA.
• He initially pleaded not guilty before later admitting causing death by dangerous driving at a case management hearing.
• St Albans Crown Court imposed nine years and seven months in prison, plus a 13-year, four-month driving disqualification with a mandatory extended re-test.
• Hertfordshire Police and the victim’s children described the loss as devastating, noting she had been traveling to a belated family celebration.