Drink driver jailed after killing Kilmarnock pensioner in holiday horror smash

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A drink driver who killed a Kilmarnock pensioner on holiday just months after getting his licence back has been jailed for almost 11 years.Martin Jolly got behind the wheel of his Vauxhall Astra despite having downed beer during a trip to the beach with a friend.The 27 year-old went too fast and lost control of his motor at a bend on the A710 near Barnbarroch, Dumfries and Galloway.The vehicle went "like an arrow" into another Astra driven by Ramsay McCallum, 83, in which his wife Helen, 82, was a passenger.Mrs McCallum never survived the horror smash on May 23, 2019.

Her devastated husband was also left hurt.Jolly already had four previous convictions for careless driving.He had latterly been hit with a 14-month ban from the road which expired on February 11, 2019 - just three months before the fatal collision.Jolly was today/yesterday jailed for 10 years and eight months at the High Court in Glasgow.He had pleaded guilty in August to a charge of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.Lord Clark told Jolly: "The information before me includes victim impact statements from Mr McCallum and other family members."What they have said in their dignified and harrowing personal accounts explains the acutely distressing effect on the family."Helen McCallum was described as the lynchpin of a large and loving family."Her death from your totally unacceptable behaviour has caused irreparable damage and has had a devastating effect."On the day of the crime, Jolly had picked up a friend, stopped off to buy a 12-pack of Corona beer before heading to Sandyhills Beach in Dumfries and Galloway.Prosecutor Chris Macintosh: "During the journey.