A man who said he was "f****** smashed" on camera from his van before going on to fatally collide with a woman has been sentenced to jail.

Anton Hull, from Somerset, was driving near Wincanton when he hit and killed 29-year-old Sarah Baker, after he had been in a nearby pub.

Hull had filmed himself on his mobile phone, saying he was "f****** smashed" before hitting Ms Baker's oncoming Volkswagen car.

She had been driving to the area from London to get away for a few days.

Emergency services attended the scene at Anchor Hill at around 11.05pm on 18 August, after a member of the public came across the incident shortly after it happened.

Somerset and Avon police said the call handler was told by the person at the scene they suspected Hull had been drinking, while another said he "stank of booze".

He was taken to Yeovil District Hospital, where a blood test estimated Hull to be one-and-a-half to two times over the legal limit.

The police force said it was told Hull was drinking at a pub in South Cadbury, and had consumed drinks including rum and lager, and was refused service from 10.30pm onwards.

Hull, 21, from Galhampton, near Castle Cary, admitted to causing death by dangerous driving and was given a six-year jail sentence and nine-year driving ban at North Somerset Courthouse.

His Honour Judge Edward Burgess told Hull: "Your dangerous driving killed Sarah Baker, having made a selfish decision to drive despite warnings, knowing full well you were too drunk to do so. Your driving was significantly impaired, and you used your phone to record yourself driving in an intoxicated state.

"Words cannot do justice to the enormity and needless tragedy of this incident."

Officer in the case, Dai Nicholas, said: "My heart goes out to the family of Sarah Baker. She was only 29 years old and had her whole life ahead of her before it was cruelly snatched away in this tragic incident.

"Sarah's family have experienced incredible pain and today's sentence won't end that. We desperately hope though that awareness of what happened to her stops someone in future from getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol, because doing so can kill."

In a statement, Ms Baker's family said: "She was the most caring, loyal and generous daughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend and most recently aunty anyone could hope to have in their lives.

"The immeasurable pain we feel is so unnecessary when Sarah's death was entirely preventable. The utterly selfish act of one individual has ended her life and ruined those lives around her."

https://news.sky.com/story/somerset-drink-driver-jailed-for-killing-woman-after-pub-visit-filmed-a-video-saying-he-was-smashed-13010889

On 16/12/2023 05:14 pm, Simon Mason wrote:
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> A man who said he was "f****** smashed" on camera from his van before going on to fatally collide with a woman has been sentenced to jail.
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> Anton Hull, from Somerset, was driving near Wincanton when he hit and killed 29-year-old Sarah Baker, after he had been in a nearby pub.
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> Hull had filmed himself on his mobile phone, saying he was "f****** smashed" before hitting Ms Baker's oncoming Volkswagen car.
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> She had been driving to the area from London to get away for a few days.
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> Emergency services attended the scene at Anchor Hill at around 11.05pm on 18 August, after a member of the public came across the incident shortly after it happened.
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> Somerset and Avon police said the call handler was told by the person at the scene they suspected Hull had been drinking, while another said he "stank of booze".
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> He was taken to Yeovil District Hospital, where a blood test estimated Hull to be one-and-a-half to two times over the legal limit.
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> The police force said it was told Hull was drinking at a pub in South Cadbury, and had consumed drinks including rum and lager, and was refused service from 10.30pm onwards.
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> Hull, 21, from Galhampton, near Castle Cary, admitted to causing death by dangerous driving and was given a six-year jail sentence and nine-year driving ban at North Somerset Courthouse.
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> His Honour Judge Edward Burgess told Hull: "Your dangerous driving killed Sarah Baker, having made a selfish decision to drive despite warnings, knowing full well you were too drunk to do so. Your driving was significantly impaired, and you used your phone to record yourself driving in an intoxicated state.
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> "Words cannot do justice to the enormity and needless tragedy of this incident."
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> Officer in the case, Dai Nicholas, said: "My heart goes out to the family of Sarah Baker. She was only 29 years old and had her whole life ahead of her before it was cruelly snatched away in this tragic incident.
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> "Sarah's family have experienced incredible pain and today's sentence won't end that. We desperately hope though that awareness of what happened to her stops someone in future from getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol, because doing so can kill."
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> In a statement, Ms Baker's family said: "She was the most caring, loyal and generous daughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend and most recently aunty anyone could hope to have in their lives.
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> "The immeasurable pain we feel is so unnecessary when Sarah's death was entirely preventable. The utterly selfish act of one individual has ended her life and ruined those lives around her."
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> https://news.sky.com/story/somerset-drink-driver-jailed-for-killing-woman-after-pub-visit-filmed-a-video-saying-he-was-smashed-13010889

Oh dear... yet another trolling post by May Sun.

100% off-topic for uk.rec.cycling and that's because there are no
chav-cyclists making an appearance (other than for May Sun himself).

On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 5:14:47 PM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE: A man who said he was "f****** smashed" on camera from his van before going on to fatally collide with a woman has been sentenced to jail. ENDS

Didn't he try and destroy the phone as per usual?

JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:

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MORTE MAY SUN…A Freudian slip? 😉

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Spike

On Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 9:19:23 AM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
> On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 5:14:47 PM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
> QUOTE: A man who said he was "f****** smashed" on camera from his van before going on to fatally collide with a woman has been sentenced to jail. ENDS
>
> Didn't he try and destroy the phone as per usual?

"Hull, who was jailed for six years, was called "utterly selfish" by her family."

A drink-driver who filmed himself at the wheel saying he was "smashed" moments before a fatal crash has been jailed.

Anton Hull had been drinking rum and lager before he hit Sarah Baker, who was driving to Somerset for a weekend away.

Ms Baker, 29, had just finished her masters degree and put in an offer on her first home.

Hull, who was jailed for six years, was called "utterly selfish" by her family.

Hull, 21, hit Ms Baker's Volkswagen near Wincanton, Somerset, at about 23:00 BST on 18 August 2022.

People who called 999 at the crash scene said he "stank of booze".

Pub staff told police they had refused to serve him at about 22:30 because of his "level of intoxication", and other people had told him to leave his Ford Transit van in the car park.

The family of Ms Baker, who was originally from Kent but lived in London, said: "The loss of Sarah has left a gaping hole in our hearts. Over a year has passed and every single day, we have struggled to know how to carry on without her.

"Sarah was 29 years old, she had just finished a masters degree and, in her last days, put in an offer to buy her first home.

"Sarah had spent the last four weeks of her life supporting her sister with her newborn baby and was simply driving to Somerset to have a weekend away..

"She was the most caring, loyal and generous daughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend and most recently aunty anyone could hope to have in their lives.

"The immeasurable pain we feel is so unnecessary when Sarah's death was entirely preventable. The utterly selfish act of one individual has ended her life and ruined those lives around her."

A blood test showed Hull, of Long Street, Galhampton, was approximately one-and-a-half to two times over the legal drink-drive limit.

Avon and Somerset Police said he had refused to provide officers with the passcode for his mobile phone but experts were able to gain access and find videos he had filmed at the wheel.

"I don't know about you, but I'm smashed," he could be heard saying in one.

Hull admitted causing death by dangerous driving at a hearing in October.

He was jailed for six years and given a nine-year driving ban on Friday.

Judge Edward Burgess said: "Your dangerous driving killed Sarah Baker, having made a selfish decision to drive despite warnings, knowing full well you were too drunk to do so.

"Your driving was significantly impaired, and you used your phone to record yourself driving in an intoxicated state.

"Words cannot do justice to the enormity and needless tragedy of this incident."

Dai Nicholas, who led the police investigation, said Ms Baker's life had been "cruelly snatched away" and Hull had made a "catastrophic conscious decision to drive home".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-67461621

On 17/12/2023 10:51 am, Spike wrote:

> JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
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> <snip>
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> MORTE MAY SUN…A Freudian slip? 😉

Of course.

Such things are entirely his own responsibility, troll that he is.

On 17/12/2023 09:19 am, Simon Mason wrote:

> On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 5:14:47 PM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:

> QUOTE: A man who said he was "f****** smashed" on camera from his van before going on to fatally collide with a woman has been sentenced to jail. ENDS
>
> Didn't he try and destroy the phone as per usual?

OFF-TOPIC.

No chavs on chav-bikes involved.

THIS is the shocking moment a drink-driver bragged about being "smashed" in a video filmed minutes before he killed a woman in a horror crash.

Anton Hull, 21, was jailed for six years and received a nine-year driving disqualification after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

MUG SHOT ALERT:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-see-swns-story-swmrsmashed-860487785.jpg?strip=all&w=751