Man jailed for killing Daventry student in hit and run in Durham
37 year-old Liam Bowes from Kelloe will spend 12 years behind bars
A driver from County Durham has been sentenced for a hit and run which killed a student.
Abigail Eggleston from Northamptonshire died in the early hours of the 26th of October last year.
The 22 year-old who was studying law at Durham University was crossing the A167 at Neville's Cross in the city when she was hit by a Volkswagen Golf being driven at speed.
She was taken to Newcastle's RVI but died a short time later.
Liam Bowes from Kelloe, County Durham, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and disqualified from driving for 18 years.
The 37-year-old previously admitted causing death by dangerous driving, perverting the course of justice, driving without insurance and failing to stop after a collision.
Teeside Crown Court heard how Bowes also set the car on fire after abandoning it in a lay-by.
Abigail's family described her as a 'constant ray of sunshine.'