A PORTUGUESE lorry driver has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of causing the death of a Herefordshire farmer by driving dangerously.
Jose Tito Ferreira-Cardoso was handed the sentence at Hereford Crown Court earlier today following an eight-day trial into a collision which claimed the life of 68-year-old Putley resident Denis Gibbons last September.
The jury gave its verdict after prosecution lawyer Paul Whitfield told the court Ferreira had been driving on the wrong side of the road for more than 400 metres when the crash took place.
The 50-year-old had previously denied the allegations against him.
*For the full story see this week's Hereford Times.
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