Two dangerous drivers jailed for 17 and a half years total after crash kills passenger of stolen car
Two men have been jailed for 17 and a half years in total for causing a fatal crash when both were driving dangerously, one in a stolen car.
James Sheridan, 21, died on June 23, 2021, when the Ford Fiesta he was a passenger in crashed into a Volkswagen Golf on the Wolverhampton Road in Pelsall, injuring four others.
Both drivers were over the speed limit at the time of the crash at the junction with Norton Road, just before midnight.
Frederick Rogers, 34, and Ethan Holness, 21, were sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.
The pair, who did not know each other, were both driving dangerously in each of their cars and smashed into each other, causing the devastating crash.
Holness, 21 and of Dickinson Avenue in Wolverhampton, was sentenced to seven years and six months and Rogers, 34, was sentenced to ten years. Holness was also given a concurrent sentence for stealing the Ford Fiesta in Telford.
