Party-goer killed in hit-and-run after driver 'failed to to see him in Rambo camouflage outfit'

A fancy-dress reveller was killed in a hit-and-run accident when the driver failed to see him in his 'Rambo' camouflage costume.

Ian Hamilton, 27, had camouflage paint on his face and arms and was wearing combat trousers, a black T-shirt and black boots when he was knocked down by a car going at twice the speed limit.

Driver Jamie Gray, 23, who has been jailed for four years and eight months, claimed he didn’t spot Mr Hamilton in the road in the village of Pontllanfraith, near Caerphilly, South Wales, at 3am as he drove a borrowed BMW.

A court heard that Mr Hamilton, who was a fan of Sylvester Stallone's action hero Rambo, always wore his jungle camouflage kit to fancy-dress events.     More