A 21-year-old delivery driver who killed a pedestrian while speeding at 60mph to deliver a pizza has been spared jail.
Rosie Hanson was given a 16-month prison term, suspended for two years, at Maidstone Crown Court on Thursday after causing the death by careless driving of 27-year-old Ryan Phillips on January 17, 2024.
Mr Phillips had been walking with his girlfriend, Sophie Rowe, to a nearby restaurant to celebrate passing his apprenticeship as an IT technician, the court heard.
But while the young couple were ‘chatting and laughing’ while walking along the pavement at around 6.40pm, they were struck by Hanson’s VW Golf
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