Driver jailed for three deaths.

A 64-YEAR-old driver who caused the deaths of three people including a husband and wife from North Wales was jailed for two years yesterday.

Guiseppe Constantini ignored a give-way sign and two slow down signs close to a notorious accident black spot on the A5 near Shrewsbury.

He pulled straight out into the path of a lorry which struck his Fiat car before toppling on to its side.

The lorry then crushed a Vauxhall car in which 61-year-old Tony Durcan, from St Asaph, was travelling with his wife Carla, 51.

They were killed instantly along with 31-year-old father-of-one Michael Hutchinson, of Dawley, Shropshire, whose car was also hit by the lorry.

``This was not a momentary error, '' Judge Norman Mitchell told Constantini as he passed sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

``You had driven on the wrong side of the road for some distance before this tragic accident. ''

Constantini, of Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, had denied three charges of causing death by dangerous driving but was convicted at Shrewsbury Crown Court.

The trial was told Constantini's driving on the day of the October 2002 tragedy fell below the standards of a prudent driver.

It is believed Mr and Mrs Durcan were on their way home after visiting their daughter in the south of England.

Mr Durcan was a civilian worker at Kinmel Army Camp, Bodelwyddan, and his wife was a care worker.