A 46-year-old lorry driver who ignored road signs and made an unlawful U-turn, resulting in a fatal motorbike crash in Cornwall, has been jailed.

Marcus Kenrick, from Bodmin, admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Truro Crown Court following the death of Gareth Nicholas on 22 February 2007.

The crash happened on the A30 at the Helland junction, just north of Bodmin.

Kenrick, of St Nicholas Street, was jailed for three years and 10 months and banned from driving for five years.

Judge Philip Wassall told Kenrick that he had deliberately ignored the warning signs and road markings, banning the U-turn manoeuvre, when he could easily have turned left and returned to Bodmin by another road.

Mr Nicholas, a father-of-two from Camborne, died at the scene.

Judge Wassall said the 30-year-old railworker, who was brought up in Hayle, had no chance of avoiding the accident and described him as "a blameless rider" who had been driving within the speed limit.

Source BBC News