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| 'Lunatic' driver jailed for double fatal Morley crash | 'Lunatic' driver jailed for double fatal Morley crash |
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| A motorist who advertised lifts "cheaper than a taxi" on social media before causing a crash which killed two teenage passengers has been jailed for seven and a half years. | |
| George Wharton, 14, and Rhys Baker, 13, died when Thomas McMeekin crashed into a tree in Morley, Leeds, in March 2015. | |
| The defendant and a teenage passenger were also left paralysed by the crash, Leeds Crown Court was told. | The defendant and a teenage passenger were also left paralysed by the crash, Leeds Crown Court was told. |
| McMeekin, of Bruntcliffe Road, Morley, admitted dangerous driving. | McMeekin, of Bruntcliffe Road, Morley, admitted dangerous driving. |
| During a previous court hearing, a witness to the crash said McMeekin had driven "like a lunatic". | |
| He was accused of "showing off" while driving the car, which had been bought for him by his mother just five days before the crash. |