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An 18-year-old driver, Sonny Horsfall, got behind the wheel of a brand-new Audi he’d bought just hours before—already disqualified from driving—and crashed into a tree, then a 84-year-old man walking on the footpath, sending him flying. He fled the scene, ordered pizza within two hours, and later bragged on Snapchat about reckless driving. The victim suffered multiple fractures, went into a coma, and lost his independence. Horsfall admitted to driving 30 miles to Redcar, texted friends about fearing jail, and claimed the victim’s head smashed the windshield. His defense cited pregabalin use and remorse. The judge called his actions “wickedness and stupidity,” noting the car’s poor condition, and sentenced him to three years in prison and four years’ driving ban for causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, and failing to stop.

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