Finnegan A DRINK-DRIVER jailed for eight years and eight months for causing the deaths of a couple by ploughing into their vehicle on the A59 near Skipton has had his sentence challenged as unduly lenient. Thomas Finnegan, 29, was locked up at Bradford Crown Court on January 4 after his Mercedes Vito van smashed into a Nissan Juke being driven by Mark Gregson shortly before 10pm on January 24 last year. Mr Gregson, 52, and his partner Claire Lucas, 43, were pronounced dead at the scene. Finnegan’s girlfriend, Lucille Hammond, who was the front seat passenger in the van, suffered a fractured spine. A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said: “We have received a request for the sentence of Thomas Finnegan to be considered under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The Law Officers have 28 days from sentencing to consider the case and make a decision.”
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A DRINK-DRIVER was jailed for eight years and eight months for causing the deaths of a devoted couple by ploughing into their vehicle on the A59 near Skipton. Thomas Finnegan, 29, had also taken cocaine when his Mercedes Vito van smashed into a Nissan Juke being driven by Mark Gregson shortly before 10pm on January 24 last year. Mr Gregson, 52, and his partner Claire Lucas, 43, were pronounced dead at the scene. Finnegan’s girlfriend, Lucille Hammond, who was the front seat passenger in the van, suffered a fractured spine. Finnegan, of Park Lane, North Newington, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, one offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while under the influence of drugs and driving with excess alcohol.