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| Alexander Walters' sentence upheld over cyclists' deaths | Alexander Walters' sentence upheld over cyclists' deaths |
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| A convicted bomb hoaxer and fraudster who killed two cyclists while driving a stolen car has had his sentence upheld at the Court of Appeal. | A convicted bomb hoaxer and fraudster who killed two cyclists while driving a stolen car has had his sentence upheld at the Court of Appeal. |
| Alexander Walters, 31, struck John Morland, 30, and Kris Jarvis, 39, in Purley Rise, Purley-on-Thames, on 13 February while almost two-and-a-half times over the drink-drive limit. | Alexander Walters, 31, struck John Morland, 30, and Kris Jarvis, 39, in Purley Rise, Purley-on-Thames, on 13 February while almost two-and-a-half times over the drink-drive limit. |
| He was sentenced to 10 years and three months. | He was sentenced to 10 years and three months. |
| His previous convictions include one for a bomb hoax after the 9/11 attacks. | His previous convictions include one for a bomb hoax after the 9/11 attacks. |
| Walters, of Beech Road, Purley, pleaded guilty to a total of seven offences at Reading Crown Court in April, where he was convicted of dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking. | |
| Other offences included driving while disqualified and driving while uninsured. | |
| He was sentenced to 12 months for each of the other offences to run concurrently. | |
| He was driving a stolen BMW at about 70mph (112kph) in a 30mph (48kph) zone when he lost control and hit the two cyclists. He then hit a lamp post. | |
| Both men died at the scene. | |
| Tests showed, as well as being over the drink-drive limit, he had also taken cocaine within the previous 24 hours. | |
| Walters, previously from Cardiff, is a Russian-born orphan adopted by a Welsh vicar when he was 17. | |
| In 2001 he was sentenced to two years custody after phoning a bomb hoax to Heathrow Airport just days after the 11 September terror attacks on the United States. | |
| In 2003 he was jailed for six months after duping several airlines in a plot that mirrored the film Catch Me If You Can, for using a chequebook from his failed company to buy flights to destinations including the United States, Johannesburg and Sydney. | |
| Reading Crown Court heard he had appeared in court on 14 occasions over 67 offences. He had been disqualified from driving for four years in 2010. |