Men jailed following hit and run death on the A406 near Hendon in December 2008 (From Times Series)

Men jailed following hit and run death on the A406 near Hendon in December 2008

4:54pm Tuesday 16th March 2010 in

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TWO men have been sentenced for dangerous driving after a man was killed on the A406 near Hendon in December 2008.

A judge at Wood Green Crown Court yesterday jailed Marios Kasparavicius, 23, and 22-year-old Shayan Khonsari after the pair were charged with failing to stop at the scene of a crash which killed the 26-year-old driver of red Volkswagen van at 3.25am on December 15, 2008.

The victim, Wayne Sweeney, from Dunstable, was driving on the A406 North Circular Road, and was turning onto the A1 north bound when his van was hit by a black Range Rover travelling east bound on the A406.

Police said a second car stopped at the scene and removed the driver of the Range Rover and took him from the scene.

Mr Sweeney was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. A post mortem carried out later gave the cause of death as a head injury.

Kasparavicius and Khonsari were later arrested in connection with the incident and subsequently charged on June 3, 2009.

Kasparavicius pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving on September 4 last year, and was handed a seven year jail term, as well as being disqualified from driving for five years.

Khonsari pleaded guilty to dangerous driving on January 18. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison and disqualified from driving for three years.