Drunk driver who mowed down teenage Rangers fan in front of brother is jailed

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A drunk driver who mowed down and killed a teenage Rangers fan in front of his brother has today been jailed for 11 years. Tragic Billy Lardner had just finished work in an airport restaurant and was about to be given a lift home by brother Drew when he was hit by Tyrone Franklin's speeding car.Franklin, a scaffolder, had downed three pints of lager and two double whiskies and lemonades when he 'flew' past Bournemouth Aiport in Dorset at 'insane speed'.Just as Billy, 16, stepped into the road to get into Drew's parked car he was hit by Franklin's Honda Civic which was travelling at up to 85mph in the 40mph road.Billy was thrown 20ft through the air and was 'shattered to pieces'.

He died at the scene.Harrowingly, his brother witnessed the collision and had to call his parents to break the devastating news.Their mother Anna, an NHS nurse, immediately drove to the scene and was confronted by the sight of her son's body lying in the road.Meanwhile 25-year-old Franklin had climbed out of the driver's window and fled the scene through a hedge.

He was arrested the following day.Billy's father, Andrew, is originally from Denny, Falkirk.He said his son was a big Rangers FC fan and loved music.He had been planning to go to the Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall in August 2023 and in his memory his friends all went in Rangers shirts with 'Lardner' on the back.He said Billy also had plans to go to Germany to watch Scotland in the Euros this year.Billy had only recently started his first part-time job at The Navigator restaurant at the Dorset airport.A work colleague offered him a lift home after they finished their shifts on the night of June 30, 2023, but Billy declined as his brother was already on his way.In a harrowing victim