Constantin Radu had a previous conviction for drinking and driving in Romania
A motorist has been jailed for six and a half years for killing a pedestrian while over the drink-drive limit.
Constantin Radu, 32, of Salt Hill Way, Slough, admitted causing death by dangerous driving after his car mounted a pavement on Wexham Road in September last year, hitting two men.
Jacob Chapman-Pickett, 20, died the following day and the other man was treated in hospital.
Radu was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Thursday.
Mr Chapman-Pickett was due to start university on the day he was hit by Radu's Rover 45.
His father, Keith Pickett, said: "His honesty, loyalty and sense of fairness, along with his sense of humour, cheeky grin and willingness to help anybody, were things that made this world a better place.
"A part of me died with Jacob and there will always be a part of myself missing."
Radu was also sentenced four months, to run concurrently, for driving with excess alcohol and disqualified from driving for 13 years and three months.
Jacob Chapman-Pickett was due to start university on the day he was hit by Radu's car
He had no insurance or UK driving licence and had a previous conviction for drinking and driving in Romania.
PC Victoria Jones said: "This is a tragic and unnecessary loss of life caused by the reckless behaviour of a driver who had been drinking.
"The result is that a young man, at the start of his adult life, has died."
- Published14 September 2015
