Driver jailed over Lawrence Moorhouse Sheffield death

A "maniac" driver who hit and killed a teenager outside a school in Sheffield has been jailed more than five years.

Lawrence Moorhouse, 14, died after he was knocked down in Beaumont Road North outside Sheffield Park Academy on 10 December 2013.

Adrian Webster, 43, of Carrington Road, Sheffield, denied causing death by dangerous driving but was convicted in July.

At his trial, a witness said Webster was driving "like a mad man, a maniac".

Webster had claimed he was driving within the 30mph speed limit but Sheffield Crown Court heard he was travelling between 40 and 45 mph.

Jailing Webster, Judge Mark Gargan said he had "failed to exercise any caution"

He was sentenced to five years and six months in prison.