Ex-Footballer Gets Five Years In Jail For Killing Couple

An ex-footballer, Steve Bennett has been sentenced to jail for five years after he killed a couple while using his phone behind the steering wheel.

The couple Richard and Angela Wong were heading home when the distracted Bennett slammed into their car with his 10-tonne lorry.

Bennett who turned out for English side Barnsley FC, smashed into eight vehicles on the M56 near Warrington, while travelling at about 54mph on September 19 2019.

The Toyota Avensis driven by Mrs Wong, 56, then shunted into the other vehicles in the queue as five others suffered slight injuries.

Mrs Wong was pronounced dead at the scene while her husband, aged 62, died three days later.

Bennett initially lied to the police that he had been distracted by a bird flying past the screen of the lorry, revealed prosecutors.

But an examination of his phone showed that in the moments leading up to the collision he had been handling it and had plugged and unplugged the charger twice.

Bennett, of Manor Crescent, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced on Thursday at Chester Crown Court.

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