The 77-year-old was driving her 10-year-old grandson back from school at the time.<\/p>\n
Sutherland, who had ignored warnings that the anti-lock braking system was not working on his Ford Mondeo, was also driving with an unsecured battery and speeding excessively on the Condorrat Ring Road when he collided with Ms Allan\u2019s Peugeot 108.<\/p>\n
A court heard that immediately after the crash, Sutherland walked away from the scene until he was apprehended by police, and he then made \u201cderogatory\u201d comments about his victim.<\/p>\n
He was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow in October.<\/p>\n
He posted videos about the crash while on remand.<\/p>\n
Also known as Lee Sutherland, his other TikTok videos include scenes where he dresses up as a police officer and pretends to be a defence lawyer.<\/p>\n
In one video, he told viewers: \u201cHello I\u2019m Lee Sutherland and I\u2019m based in Glasgow. I almost have eight years of experience of the criminal side of the law, and I am also a criminal defence solicitor as well. I also have experience of road traffic law and the criminal side of the law.<\/p>\n
He also posted a video bragging about getting a \u201cclient\u201d off a conviction and boasting \u201cthere\u2019s a defence for every offence out there\u201d.<\/p>\n
During his sentencing hearing at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday, Judge Thomas Hughes said Sutherland \u201ccame up with a cock and bull story\u201d about the circumstances of the crash following Ms Allan\u2019s death almost a month later, on July 6, 2023.<\/p>\n
Judge Hughes said: \u201cYour attitude was totally and utterly unacceptable, you proceeded to walk away from the area, paying no regard to those you injured and left them to their fate.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice officers had to stop you to stop you walking away from the incident. You made derogatory and abusive comments about Ms Allan, you swore at officers, they had to caution you.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Ms Allan\u2019s death, officers would have to speak to you and identify who was driver. You came up with a cock and bull story and told police you had advertised the car for sale, a Romanian man you could not identify took the car for a test drive and as that was going on the accident happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou took no responsibility. Whilst on remand you posted videos on the internet about this matter, all actions totally inappropriate for someone facing such serious matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cYou should have been helping the people you caused these problems to. Your conduct made matters worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court heard Sutherland was on bail at the time of the crash, and had to relocate from Cumbernauld due to threats made against him on the internet.<\/p>\n
The judge added: \u201cPolice officers who investigated the state of your car noticed problems with braking system and indicated that must have been quite clear to you, and anyone driving should immediately stop and seek assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou carried on driving and became involved in the catastrophic incident that happened here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sutherland was jailed for nine years, and was disqualified from driving for 13 years and six months.<\/p>\n
In a statement released through Police Scotland, Ms Allan\u2019s family said: \u201cWhile today\u2019s sentencing brings a measure of justice, we recognise that no outcome can ever bring our mum back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope, however, that this conclusion allows us to move forward with some sense of closure.\u201d<\/p>\n
They paid tribute to Police Scotland and the procurator fiscal\u2019s office for their work in bringing the case to a \u201csuccessful conclusion\u201d.<\/p>\n
They added: \u201cMost importantly, we offer our deepest appreciation to the witnesses who came forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour bravery in providing evidence has played a crucial role in securing this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police Scotland previously said Sutherland had been banned from driving for six months just a week before the crash, and tried to leave the scene without giving his details to officers.<\/p>\n
Defending, Graham Brown said Sutherland continued to \u201cprotest his innocence\u201d during interviews for a criminal justice social work report.<\/p>\n
He said Sutherland\u2019s life had been \u201cdictated by autistic spectrum disorder\u201d and he had worked \u201csporadically\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Andy Coutts, of North Lanarkshire roads policing, said: \u201cOur thoughts remain with Margaret\u2019s family, who have been dignified and strong throughout this tragic ordeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cSutherland\u2019s actions showed a blatant disregard for other road users and the law, and since the incident he has showed no remorse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope the court\u2019s decision brings some peace to the family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 77-year-old was driving her 10-year-old grandson back from school at the time. Sutherland, who had ignored warnings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-690576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115880948199535323","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}