Justice Secretary visits site where tandem couple were killed

The sister and father of Ross Simons told ITV News they were 'very encouraged' by the visit from Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. Mr Grayling laid flowers at the site in Hanham where Ross and Clare Simons were killed by a hit and run driver. The family is campaigning for tougher sentences.

The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling told ITV News that the government would be looking at the issue of sentences which run concurrently in cases involving death by dangerous driving.

Chris Grayling has visited the spot Ross and Clare Simons were killed while riding their tandem bike together.

Prime Minister David Cameron has written to the Justice Secretary outlining harsher sentences for dangerous driving, after meeting with the family of a couple from South Gloucestershire who were killed while riding their tandem bicycle.

The family of Ross and Clare Simons met with the Prime Minister last week as part of their campaign for tougher penalties. The couple died in January 2013 when disqualified driver Nicholas Lovell knocked them off their tandem in Hanham. He was jailed for 10 and a half years. Their families are campaigning for people to serve a separate sentence for each life taken.

David Cameron has now asked Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to consider the maximum 14-year sentence for death by dangerous driving.

The parents of a man killed by a drug driver in South Gloucestershire will meet the Prime Minister today to appeal for stricter sentencing.

Ross Simons and his wife Clare died when their tandem bicycle was hit by Nicholas Lovell - who had already been disqualified from driving several times.

The families believe his sentence was too lenient, and have been campaigning for tougher sentences for repeat offenders since the couple died in 2013.