Around 1,300 homes in Scotland are still without power as Storm Otto moves away from the UK. The homes have not been reconnected since they fell off-grid on Saturday afternoon.
30.01.2023 - 14:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A drugged-up driver who killed two young men after going at speeds of more than 100mph has been jailed for almost 10 years.
Taylor Hanlon lost control of his high-powered Subaru on the A706 near Kepscaith Farm in West Lothian on August 29, 2020. The unemployed 27 year-old's car landed upturned in a field.
Connor Elgey, 19, and Troi Lawton, 23, were passengers in the motor and died as a result. Father and son Andrew and John Goldie - also in the Subaru - were badly hurt.
Tests later showed Hanlon had earlier taken cocaine, cannabis and Valium before getting behind the wheel in the early hours of that morning. Hanlon was today sentenced to nine years and seven months having earlier pled guilty to causing the deaths and serious injury by dangerous driving.
Lord Mulholland told him at the High Court in Glasgow: "The car was powerful and high performance. Such a vehicle requires responsible driving, but yours was anything but.
"You were clearly unfit to drive and were a danger to yourself, the passengers as well as other road users. I have read victim impact statements from the families and they are heartbreaking in their terms.
"You have given them a life sentence of grief and loss."
Hanlon - who was already behind bars for a domestic matter - was also banned from the road for 16 years and 10 months. Hanlon, of Bathgate, West Lothian, had been driving that morning taking him and the others to Andrew Goldie's home.
Prosecutor Chris McKenna said the journey took him onto the A71 in West Calder, West Lothian.
Mr McKenna added: "The speed limit is set at 60mph. Hanlon was recorded travelling at a speed of approximately 111mph."
One witness recalled hearing "wheels screeching". The court heard he continued to go over the limit as the men
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