Speeding driver, 55, who killed a couple on the way to a family holiday celebrating their retirement is jailed
Daily MailA speeding driver who killed a couple on the way to a family holiday celebrating their retirement has been jailed for seven and a half years. Lord Arthurson said Murphy had been ‘driving at excessive speeds’ and ‘ignored a warning sign for a blind summit’ ahead of the collision. George Murphy pled guilty to death by dangerous driving at the High Court in Glasgow Husband and wife Martin and Jo, Cousland of Anstruther in Fife, who died following the horrific smash He added: ‘It is clear that you gave the Couslands absolutely no chance. ‘Murphy had been travelling east on the westbound carriageway after performing a multi-vehicle overtake when approaching the brow of the hill.’ He had tried to get round the coach despite having ‘insufficient visibility of oncoming traffic’ due to the approaching blind summit and bend. Murphy caused the crash after overtaking three vehicles and then trying to get past a bus on the A85, in Argyll, on March 31, 2023 ‘There was nothing they could do to save the lives of Josephine and Martin Cousland.’ Murphy’s two sons - Alexander, 25, and 21 year-old Liam - were also affected.
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