Sheffield man who killed young mum in Parkway crash jailed

Footage played in court showed the defendant drinking two pints of lager and “a short drink” at the Old Crown Inn pub in Sheffield between 22:00 GMT on 25 February and 01:00 GMT the following morning.

In the clip, he appears to be unsteady on his feet, staggering backwards after getting up from his seat.

The court heard Roberts then offered to drive four people, including Ms Burgin, to Sheffield city centre and lied when questioned whether he had had anything to drink and was in a position to drive.

Snapchat videos taken by his passengers moments before the collision show his Mercedes GLA travelling at speed towards Sheffield Parkway with one of the captions reading “Im gunna die [sic]”.

The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, told the court Roberts had been “brazenly showing off” and ignored warnings from friends to slow down.

Roberts was travelling at about 100mph – twice the speed limit – before he lost control and crashed into a taxi which had been parked in a layby.

As the Mercedes filled with smoke and one of the passengers tried to get others to safety, Roberts fled the scene.

The court heard all passengers as well as the taxi driver were injured.

Ms Burgin, a mother to a five-year-old girl, suffered a devastating brain injury and died in hospital a short time later.

Roberts handed himself in 16 hours later, with results of a urine sample consistent with prior use of cocaine, cannabis and alcohol.