Lee Hughes has been found Guilty by Coventry Crown Court of causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to six years imprisonment The jury took ninety minutes to decide on their verdict. Judge Christopher Hodson told the footballer he had showed a "callous disregard" for the victims by running away from the scene. "It has to be remembered by all that any penalty that this court can impose on you will not bring the unfortunate Mr Graham back to life. " You clearly believed that if you had been breathalysed then you would have been over the limit."
Relatives of 56-year-old Mr Douglas Graham cried of "Yes!" and burst into tears with Hughes wife Anna who was watching a few feet away from the Grahams in the public gallery also weeping. The Graham family released a statement after the trial which was read out by Mr Graham's widow who was badly injured in the crash and said: "Something has been taken away from my family that can never be replaced," said Mrs Graham, who was severely injured in the crash. "We know that we must now simply attempt to come to terms with the loss. We can only hope that the person involved will acknowledge what he has done to my family. "Nobody can understand the huge amount of grief and stress that has been caused to my family over the last nine months." She added that she had never heard of Lee Hughes who had a previous conviction for drink driving prior to the incident.