Teen who crashed into woman while driving with his knees jailed

A teen who filmed himself driving with his knees earlier crashing - paralysing a parent from the cervix down - has been jailed for 2 years and 2 months.

George Taylor, 19, of Stretham, Cambridgeshire, recorded 5 videos of him driving a Volkswagen Golf astatine velocity with his knees connected the steering wheel.

Norfolk Police said helium had his licence for little than 12 weeks connected 18 January past year, and made 2 telephone calls and sent substance messages portion driving.

At astir 11am, helium crashed into the backmost of a Skoda Fabia waiting to crook close successful beforehand of him connected the A47 astatine East Tuddenham, having failed to spot it.

The different operator - a pistillate named Catherine aged successful her 40s astatine the clip - was near paralysed from the cervix down arsenic a effect of the collision. The parent present requires lifelong care.

Norfolk Police noted Taylor antecedently pleaded blameworthy astatine an earlier proceeding to causing superior wounded by unsafe driving.

In a connection released via the force, Catherine's household said she "has ever been specified a gregarious idiosyncratic with a large consciousness of humour and truthful afloat of life".

They added: "I'll ne'er hide that time erstwhile we were told she had been successful an mishap and past arriving astatine the infirmary to beryllium facing the world that we whitethorn suffer her.

"To perceive that my lone girl whitethorn not past was heartbreaking and, arsenic her dad, each I wanted to bash was marque everything amended for her."

Taylor was sentenced to 2 years and 2 months successful situation astatine Norwich Crown Court connected Monday.

The teen was besides banned from driving for 40 months and told helium indispensable instrumentality an extended driving trial earlier helium tin thrust again.

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Sergeant Callum Walchester said that Taylor "didn't acceptable out... intending to origin unimaginable injuries to different idiosyncratic but sadly that is precisely what helium did".

He added: "George Taylor made aggregate decisions to usage his mobile telephone that time and successful doing truthful enactment himself and everyone other astatine important risk.

"It was Catherine who has paid the price."