Texting death driver’s sentence to be reviewed

A woman recently imprisoned for causing a death by dangerous driving, is to have her sentence reviewed following hundreds of complaints from the public.

Philippa Curtis, aged 21, from Bury St Edmonds, was given a 21 month sentence after causing the death of Victoria McBryde, in a collison at Wheatley, near Thame, last November. Curtis admitting texting on her mobile phone during her fateful drive from her home to Northampton to meet her boyfriend.

Since the sentencing, members of the public and the victims mother, have criticised the sentence for being too lenient.

Photo: Phillipa Curtis (Courtesy of INS)