Euromillions winner spared jail after car crash that left beloved gran dead
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Britain's youngest MegaLotterywinner has been spared jail after a car crash that left a beloved grandmother dead.
Matt Topham, 31, was behind the wheel of a BMW when he smashed into a Ford Fiesta carrying Mary Jane Regler, 75, on Christmas Day 2019 in North Cockerington, Lincolnshire.
Mary Jane Regler died and her husband, Rodney, 78, who was driving, was seriously injured.
The dad-of-three said he was “distracted” by his crying two year old in the moments before the crash, the Daily Mirror reports.
He told police he turned around for “up to three seconds” to pick up a teddy bear which had fallen.
The court heard that Topham then looked up in "horror" to see his BMW X6 had strayed into the the path of a Ford Fiesta.
Topham had just left Rushmoor Country Park, where he had been visiting his in-laws with his wife, who had set off earlier in another vehicle, and two children.
Jane died of a severe chest injury, while Rodney suffered a fractured right heel and ankle, fractured sternum, ribs and three cracked vertebrae.
On Thurday, March 11, Topham admitted causing death by careless driving but was cleared by a jury of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was given a 16-week suspended sentence along with a one-year driving ban.
He will be electronically tagged and subject to a curfew between 7pm and 7am.
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