A speeding biker has been jailed for two years for killing a mother who was enjoying a summer stroll with her family.
Factory worker Elvis Whitaker already had points on his licence for speeding when he ploughed into Dawn Stanton, her partner and two grown-up children.
And even the crash didn't slow him down. While waiting for his case to be heard at Nottingham Crown Court he was caught breaking the speed limit on two more occasions.
The 48-year-old, from Ironville, was found guilty on Monday of causing death by careless driving on June 1 last year.
The smash happened on a 50-mph road near Carsington Water – a popular spot with bikers – where Mrs Stanton, 57, was walking with her family.
Speaking to the Post after the hearing, her husband Keith, 59, said: "We are saddened he showed no remorse during the whole trial.
"The fact that he killed Dawn did not have much effect because he went speeding again.
"We were enjoying a lovely walk on the best day of that summer."
The party was made up of Mrs Stanton's daughter Joanne Newsome, 33, and her husband Wayne, 40. All had travelled from Sutton Coldfield to enjoy the countryside.
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC told Whitaker: "A feature of your defence was that Mrs Stanton, who could not have spoken for herself, had responsibility for her own death.
"Nothing could be further from the truth. You caused a death and damage to other people from which they may never recover. Psychologically they have been seriously harmed.
"You were driving above the speed limit and inappropriate to the conditions.
"Within a few weeks of this incident, you were speeding again. At the end of the trial, not disqualified in the interim, you committed another offence of speeding on your motorbike."
The jury had been told the family had been crossing at a place where road markings indicated it was a safe spot.
Whitaker came round a bend, passing a warning sign which indicated he was approaching a "road crossing point," said the judge.
James Horne, defending, said: "No sentence will ever adequately reflect the family's tragic loss."
He described Whitaker as a "hard working man," and the only carer for his 14-year-old son.
A five-year driving ban was also imposed on the 48-year-old of Meadow Street.