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Tasham Mahmood was jailed in April

A driver who killed a great-grandmother as she crossed a road and then threw his dashcam into another person’s car has had his prison sentence increased at the Court of Appeal. Tasham Mahmood hit 69-year-old Carol Andrew as she crossed a road in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, in July 2021, and was jailed for four years in April this year after admitting causing death by dangerous driving.

The 34-year-old’s sentence was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General, who told a hearing on Thursday that it was “unduly lenient” and that Mahmood’s dangerous driving was “persistent and prolonged” and caused an “unnecessary and avoidable loss of life”. Barristers for Mahmood said “mercy” was a “necessary feature” of the case, and that the sente

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