Drink driver jailed for 10 years

29 January 2010

A drink driver who killed two pedestrians has been jailed for 10 years.

Stefan Stanko, 24, had been drinking whisky and cherry brandy on the day his car ploughed into a group of friends, in a crash which also left a 12-year-old girl brain damaged.

The group were walking home together after a night out in Ashford, Kent when an over-the-limit Stanko crashed into them. Stanko, previously of West Street, Gravesend, admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of 67-year-old Brian Moon and Denise Head, 49.

He also careered into 12-year-old Rosie Brown, who is now in a rehabilitation unit where she remains in a coma with brain damage. Rosie's aunt, Julie Scorah, 24, and Mr Moon's partner, 63-year-old Phyllis Wanstall, were also injured following their night out at the International Sports and Social Club in Beaver Road.

Stanko, who also pleaded guilty to drink-driving and failing to stop after an accident, was told he had caused "carnage" as he was banned from driving for 10 years, Kent Police said. Sentencing him at Maidstone Crown Court, Judge Jeremy Gold QC said: "As the group left the social club, they can't have imagined the tragedy that awaited them.

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