BMW driver Jack Hart jailed for nine years for killing…

A speeding motorist who killed two young friends, aged 10 and 11, by dangerous driving while hurtling along a bus lane in a high-performance BMW has been jailed for nine years. BMW driver Jack Hart had six penalty charges for using a bus lane in the previous year. He removed and destroyed dashcam evidence from the powerful car that he was driving and later lied to the police, Hull Crown Court heard. He finally changed his pleas to guilty – many months after he originally denied the matters and he left it until the day before a trial before he formally admitted his actions. READ MORE: Sadness as popular Hull shopkeeper Serge Singh dies suddenly He was undertaking other vehicles in the bus lane and was driving at about 57mph in a 30mph limit when he hit best friends Steven Duffield, 10, and Mason Deakin, 11. They were on a bicycle in the same bus lane and were heading against the flow of traffic towards Hart, with Mason riding and Steven sitting on the handlebars. Hart, 32, of Anlaby Road, west Hull, admitted causing the death of Steven on October 19, 2020 and causing the death of Mason on November 2, 2020 by dangerous driving on Anlaby Road. Steven Duffield, who was 10, and Mason Deakin, who was 11. (Image: The family of Steven Duffield/Jordan Deakin) Best friends Steven, 10, and Mason, 11, were on a bicycle and riding along a busy stretch of Anlaby Road near the East Yorkshire buses garage when the accident happened at 6.06pm. Both boys were taken to Hull Royal
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