‘Loving’ boyfriend who killed woman, 30, in crash is jailed - despite victim’s family 'disagreeing' with prosecution
29.03.2022 - 19:03
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A "loving" boyfriend who killed a young woman in a crash was today jailed - despite the victim's family 'disagreeing' with the prosecution. Mum-of-one Natalia Kulik died after Peter Clarke's car crashed through a roundabout barrier and landed on its side on an underpass in Salford.
Speeding Clarke lost control of his BMW and ploughed into a roundabout as they headed to the shops. She was the front seat passenger.
Clarke was left fighting for his life after suffering serious injuries himself. One eyewitness thought the BMW was driving so fast that it was being chased by police, while another described how it was 'flying' down the road.
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He has been jailed for more than three years, despite Ms Kulik's family saying they 'disagreed' with the decision to prosecute her boyfriend of 18 months. Clarke, 34, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, but said he had 'no explanation' why he was speeding and has little recollection of what happened.
"It is of course a fact that Natalia Kulik lost her life, and her son lost his mother, because of your actions that day," Judge Suzanne Goddard QC told Clarke. "For that, you must be punished."
The couple were heading into Manchester to do some Christmas shopping on Sunday, October 27, 2019, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He was driving on the A6 in Salford at about 12.40pm. The BMW was caught on dashcam footage moving from the outside lane to the inside lane at high speed, before exiting on the slip road towards Pendleton Island.
It was later estimated that Clarke, a father, had been driving between 73mph and 83mph when he performed the manoeuvre, about double the speed limit for the