Two men have been found guilty of causing death by careless driving after a woman died in a collision at Gatwick in March 2009.
Joanna Jones, 27, from Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex, died when the Toyota Yaris she was a passenger in collided with a Land Rover Discovery in Lowfield Heath Road near Gatwick Airport on March 31, 2009.
At Hove Crown Court on Wednesday (July 22), Christopher Solomon, 29, formerly of Radlett in Hertfordshire, but now living in Spain, and Geoffrey Bratt, 67, of The Greys, Weedon, Northamptonshire, were found guilty of causing death by careless driving. Both had denied the charge.
Joanna had been the passenger in Solomon’s Toyota Yaris when he turned right into BCP Airparks long term car park, across the path of Bratt’s on-coming Land Rover Discovery. They were travelling to celebrate a belated Valentines Day break in Venice.
It was established that Bratt was travelling at an average speed of 64mph in a 40mph limit immediately prior to the fatal collision.