Hannah Jones, 26, of Bankfield Court, Mirfield, appeared at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday 15th March where she was sentenced to 18 months in prison, after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving and perverting the course of justice on the first day of a trial in December.

A second person – Safeer Iqbal, 32, of Lees Holm, Dewsbury – was also in the vehicle at the time. He was sentenced to eight months imprisonment after admitting perverting the course of justice at an earlier plea hearing.

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