Driver who killed policemen jailed

13 April 2012

A drunk van driver who killed two police officers when he smashed into their car following a high-speed pursuit was jailed for 14 years today.

Leayon Dudley, 41, was chased for around 50 miles across four counties before he hit the car at more than 80mph in a lay-by on the A42 near Worthington, Leicestershire.

He pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Pc Andrew Munn, 37, and his Leicestershire police colleague, Bryan Moore, 39, last week after a legal technicality prevented the prosecution from pursuing a murder charge against him.

Judge Mr Justice Mitting, sentencing him at Stafford Crown Court, said: "Your decision condemned one officer, and as it happens, his passenger to death.

"I sentence you on the basis that you deliberately took a risk of the life of at least one and as it happened two police officers doing their duty.

"It is the duty of the courts to do their best to protect the lives of police officers doing their duty."

Dudley, of Oakhurst Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, was also disqualified from driving for 10 years.

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