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Snowdonia: Man jailed for woman's campsite death Snowdonia campsite death: Driver who killed woman by hitting tent jailed
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A man has been jailed for eight years and four months for causing the death of a woman when his car hit her tent on a campsite. A man who killed a woman after driving while drunk around a campsite has been jailed for eight years and four months.
Jake Waterhouse, 27, of Hazel Walk, Partington, Greater Manchester admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Mold Crown Court. Jake Waterhouse, 27, of Partington, Greater Manchester, had been drinking whiskey before he got behind the wheel of his friend's car on 19 August.
His car hit the tent Anna Roselyn Evans was in at the Rhyd y Galen site, near Caernarfon, on 19 August. He drove over a tent where Anna Roselyn Evans, 46, and her husband were sleeping at the Rhyd Y Galen site in Snowdonia, trapping her under the car.
Waterhouse previously admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Waterhouse admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Mold Crown Court.
It took five people to lift the car off Mrs Evans.
She was taken to hospital, but later died.
The court heard how Waterhouse and a friend had travelled to Wales on a fishing trip.
Waterhouse only had a provisional licence and had not passed his test.
The court heard that earlier in the day Waterhouse's friend suggested he learn to drive on private land, and there would not be many people on the campsite.
In the early hours, while his friend was in the tent, Waterhouse drove the car around the campsite.
Campers described hearing "revving as if a vehicle was stuck in mud" and one person shouted: "He's running over the tents".
He hit one tent, injuring its occupants. He then continued to drive, before the car ploughed into the Evans's tent.
Mrs Evans' husband Huw described hearing an "almighty bang".
The court heard the "tent was clearly destroyed, and he couldn't find his wife Anna".
He then saw her legs sticking out from underneath a car.
Waterhouse ran from the scene and sent a text to his partner to say he was on the run. He also called his mother, who told him to "do the right thing".
Shortly after, he handed himself in to police.
A roadside breath test showed him to be over the limit.
However, in custody he refused to give further specimens, which judge Rhys Rowlands said was probably to hide how drunk he was.
The judge said courts dealt all too often with cases where drunk people get behind the wheel of a car.
However, he told the court "the circumstances of this case are particularly poignant. They are harrowing."
He said Waterhouse showed "complete disregard for the safety of others".
Mrs Evans had "lost her life in front of her husband in quite the most horrific way," the judge said.
He said the combination of Waterhouse's drunken state and his lack of driving experience was "pretty much an accident waiting to happen".
"It completely understates matters to say it was the height of drunken stupidity on your part," he added.