A man who admitted causing the death of his cousin’s daughter by dangerous driving, after hitting the schoolgirl while her father was a passenger in the car, has been jailed for five years.
Martin McGuire, 39, was driving at 51mph in a 30mph zone when he hit 12-year-old Abbie McLaren as she crossed the road after getting off a bus in The Loaning, Motherwell, on February 12 this year.
She was flung onto a parked car, suffering multiple injuries, and was pronounced dead in hospital that evening.
McGuire last month admitted causing Abbie’s death by dangerous driving, and also driving without a licence or insurance when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow.
Judge Lady Scott imposed the five-year jail term and an eight-and-a-half year driving ban when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday.
