GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dangerous driver who caused crash that paralysed two young girls jailed for four-and-a-half years

Northampton Crown Court heard Andrew Nay pulled his Land Rover hard right straight into the path of a car containing a family of four because he was chasing another vehicle

A driving instructor has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail after he admitted causing a crash on a Northamptonshire road that left two young girls paralysed.

Andrew Nay, aged 39, of Harrier Close, Weldon, near Corby, pulled his 4X4 into the path of a Vauxhall Signum containing a family of four on the A509 near Wellingborough on October 3 last year.

Dashcam footage from the Vauxhall shows how Nay pulled his vehicle into the path of the Vauxhall after overtaking a Mercedes that was stationary and indicating to turn right.

Nay claimed the manoeuvre, which was carried out a speed with the Jaguar Land Rover tilting on to two wheels, was a “split second” decision of bad driving after he changed his mind about whether to take the right hand turn towards Little Harrowden.

But, following a three-day Newton Hearing at Northampton Crown Court, Judge Adrienne Lucking QC ruled that Nay had caused the crash because he was chasing a vehicle he believed had cut him up at the roundabout of the A14 and A509.

The court heard evidence from a number of fellow motorists, including the female driver of the Mazda who said Nay was aggressively tailgating and “bullying” her as he followed her vehicle along the A509.

Matthew Rowcliffe, prosecuting, said the woman admitted putting her hand out the window and “sticking her middle finger up” at Nay as he was so close to her vehicle she could “only see his bonnet in her rear view mirror”.