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Ex-college lecturer jailed for killing couple in drink-driving crash
Hynd had been drinking for about nine hours before the head-on crash, and a judge said her decision had dreadful consequences.
- On Wednesday, the High Court in Edinburgh jailed former Fife College lecturer Sophie Hynd for six years after she admitted causing a fatal drink-drive crash on December 19 last year.
- Hynd had been drinking for nine hours before deciding to drive her Nissan Qashqai, which collided head-on with a Volkswagen Polo on the B981 in Cluny, Fife.
- Victims Jatinder Kaur, 48, and her husband Satwant Singh, 64, died from injuries sustained in the crash; their 19-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were also injured.
- Judge Michael O'Grady KC said Hynd's decision had "dreadful consequences," accepting her remorse as "genuine and profound." Defense lawyer Ewen Roy stated the events will "haunt her forever."
- In a statement released through law firm Digby Brown, the victims' three children said they "will miss them more than words can express" but will carry their parents' love forever.
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The Independent (US)Drunk lecturer killed husband and wife in crash after Christmas party
A former college lecturer who caused the deaths of a husband and wife in a crash while drink-driving after a Christmas party has been jailed for six years.
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