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| Driver in footballer leg amputation crash jailed | Driver in footballer leg amputation crash jailed |
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| A driver has been jailed for three years and four months for causing a crash which led to a footballer having both legs amputated. | A driver has been jailed for three years and four months for causing a crash which led to a footballer having both legs amputated. |
| Jan Adamec, 40, drove into Shaun Whiter and Joey Abbs as they changed a flat tyre in Newmarket, Suffolk, on 1 July. | Jan Adamec, 40, drove into Shaun Whiter and Joey Abbs as they changed a flat tyre in Newmarket, Suffolk, on 1 July. |
| Mr Whiter, 27 had to have his legs amputated after they were crushed. Mr Abbs sustained a serious leg injury. | Mr Whiter, 27 had to have his legs amputated after they were crushed. Mr Abbs sustained a serious leg injury. |
| Cambridge Crown Court heard Adamec's actions described as "despicable" and "callous". | Cambridge Crown Court heard Adamec's actions described as "despicable" and "callous". |
| Adamec, from Shetland Road, who had failed to stop at the scene admitted two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. | Adamec, from Shetland Road, who had failed to stop at the scene admitted two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. |
| Mr Whiter, an estate agent in Stansted, Essex, who was due to begin training with Newmarket Town FC, had his legs amputated below the knee at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. | |
| Mr Abbs, who played football with Cambridgeshire team Soham Town Rangers, was trapped between his and Mr Whiter's vehicles. | Mr Abbs, who played football with Cambridgeshire team Soham Town Rangers, was trapped between his and Mr Whiter's vehicles. |
| Judge Jonathan Haworth told Adamec that while the maximum sentence was five years, he had taken his early guilty plea into account. | |
| PC Ashley Bennett, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit, said he had been with the Whiter family and they were disappointed by the sentence. | |
| He said: "Three years, four months, whilst it seems like a long sentence, with good behaviour that's reduced, and I think considering the severity of the injuries, it could almost have been a fatal collision... they're disappointed." | He said: "Three years, four months, whilst it seems like a long sentence, with good behaviour that's reduced, and I think considering the severity of the injuries, it could almost have been a fatal collision... they're disappointed." |
| He said Mr Whiter was distraught and unable to attend court to see Adamec sentenced. | He said Mr Whiter was distraught and unable to attend court to see Adamec sentenced. |
| Joey Abbs' solicitor Eleanor Howie said: "The guilty plea entered by the driver spared Joey and Shaun the stress and anxiety of a long trial and the sentence handed down today has helped him draw a line under what has been a very difficult time." | Joey Abbs' solicitor Eleanor Howie said: "The guilty plea entered by the driver spared Joey and Shaun the stress and anxiety of a long trial and the sentence handed down today has helped him draw a line under what has been a very difficult time." |