Texting car killer jailed for 3 years

A JUDGE blasted a driver as he jailed him for killing a motorcyclist while texting his gran.

Father-of-three Stephen Rawlinson, 26, was told: "Even the time to text eight characters is the time it takes to kill a man."

Judge Jonathan Rose said the distracted motorist's "arrogance" cost married factory worker Nigel Earnshaw his life.

The 58-year-old was riding his Honda 125cc bike to start a nightshift when Rawlinson's Ford Focus ploughed into him at a roundabout in Saltaire, West Yorks.

Mr Earnshaw was rushed to hospital with a smashed ankle and died 18 days later from deep vein thrombosis.   Read More