A YOUNG driver has today (Friday) been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving following a collision in January 2009. Stephen Hamlyn was convicted at Winchester Crown Court and police hope his sentence will be a warning to other reckless motorists. On January 18 last year, the 21-year-old was travelling along the B3400 at Laverstoke and had overtaken another car.

He was believed to be chasing a third car but as he approached a bend, he came off the carriageway, up a bank and through...