A woman from Horncastle has been jailed for six years after causing the death of a motorcyclist.
Danielle Barrett, 28, had earlier pleaded not guilty to charges of causing death by dangerous driving, but was sentenced on February 12 at Lincoln Crown Court after the jury reached a guilty verdict. The court also banned her from driving for a period of seven years and six months, after which she must take an extended retest.
In July 2023, Jeffrey Scott, 66, was riding a Ducati motorcycle along the B1192 near Coningsby, when he was struck by Barrett’s Vauxhall Corsa. He was thrown from the bike, onto the Corsa windscreen, and then onto the grass verge. He sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Moments prior to the accident, Barrett, approaching a left bend in the road, decided to attempt to overtake a slow-moving crop sprayer, in spite of having no clear view of the road ahead. As she crossed into the oncoming carriageway, she collided head-on into the Ducati.
Barrett claimed that she was not overtaking, and merely trying to get a clearer view of the road ahead, but CCTV footage from a nearby property recorded the incident, showing clearly that she was attempting a highly dangerous manoeuvre.
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