Drug driver jailed for killing man as he crossed road

A truck driver who killed an 84-year-old pedestrian as he crossed the road has been jailed for six and a half years.

Edward Feelie, who had taken cocaine, failed to stop at a red light while driving his flatbed Isuzu and went on to hit Robert Shirra-Gibb in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire.

Mr Shirra-Gibb did not recover from the collision, which happened just days before Christmas in 2023.

Feelie had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

The 54-year-old was sentenced by Lord Arthurson at a hearing in Inverness.