Hit-and-run sentence
Paula Barnes from Baydon, Wiltshire, who fled to Holland after killing a primary school teacher in a road crash has been jailed for more than 8 years
Hit-and-run woman due to be sentenced
A Wiltshire woman who fled Britain after killing a primary school teacher in a road crash is due to be sentenced this morning at Swindon Crown Court.
Paula Barnes, 45, of of Baydon, Wiltshire, fled to Holland more than two years ago after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving following the crash in Baydon in September 2010.
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