Killer driver Denis Moore escapes jail

May 9 2009 by Neil McKay, The Journal

He added that his remorse was so deep that he had tried to commit suicide after the incident.

The judge sentenced him to 24 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, ordered him to be electronically tagged to stay at home between 8pm and 7am for the next three months, and banned him from driving for two years, after which he must sit an extended test.

At an earlier court hearing before Peterlee magistrates Moore’s partner Janice Bell admitted permitting him to drive her Hyundai Matrix mobility car.

He was driving without supervision, as Bell, who was in the car at the time of the accident, does not hold a licence.

The court heard Moore had been driving mobility vehicles, issued by the Department of Work and Pensions, for eight years before the accident happened.

Bell, 41, was fined £93, told to pay costs of £43, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £15 and given three penalty points.

Mr Jorgensen’s family declined to comment after the court hearing yesterday.