Mansfield Dangerous Drink Driver Sentenced to Nine Years

A drink driver has been sentenced to nine years in prison after driving dangerously and killing a young mother in Mansfield.

James Stafford, 28, of Bonnington Road, Mansfield, already had nine points on his licence when he ploughed into Sarah Redfurn, 31, after getting "bladdered" and clocking 43mph in a 30pmh zone. Miss Redfurn, who had been walking with a man who remembered seeing two flashes from a speed camera and a screech of tyres, was a mother to a 12 year old boy.

Judge Michael Stokes said:

"There was no need for this to have happened at all.

"You yourself recognised when you were interviewed by police after you were arrested, that you were, to use your own word 'bladdered'.

"You were hardly fit to walk down the street, never mind to get behind the wheel of a motor car."

Despite pleas from five other passengers, Stafford failed to stop after mowing down Miss Redfern and she later died in hospital. He was sentenced to nine years for death by dangerous driving and given a ten year driving disqualification after admitting to driving without insurance and failing to stop and report after an accident.

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