Dangerous driving teen jailed after causing death

Friday, 26 June 2015 at 00:00

A teenager from Onchan has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison after crashing his car and killing another teen.

18-year-old Brandon Gowland was handed his punishment at Douglas Courthouse today.

He had previously pleaded guilty to causing the death of 17-year-old Brad Campbell by dangerous driving.

He also admitted causing serious bodily harm to another teenager in the vehicle.

Gowland was driving a car which crashed on the Foxdale Road on August 24th last year.

The court also disqualified him from driving for seven years.

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