09:27AM, Thursday 08 February 2018
A driver who caused the death of a woman on the M4 will be sentenced next month.
Ian Lloyd-Owen, of Bridle Road, Maidenhead, was found guilty by majority verdict at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday (February 6).
Following a six-day trial, the 61-year-old was convicted of causing death by careless driving.
According to police, Lloyd-Owen’s Jaguar XF hit the back of a Volkswagen Touran heading east on the M4 near Membury Services at about 8.45pm on July 3, 2016.
Gunatharshiga Koneswaran, 36, of Hounslow, London, a passenger in the VW, died at the scene.
Lloyd-Owen was voluntarily interviewed and charged on May 18.
He will be sentenced on Wednesday, March 7, at Reading Crown Court.
Most read
Top Articles
Disturbing footage of a ‘murderous’ attack in Slough, where a man was stabbed 34 times and then run over by his killer, has been shown at the opening of a murder trial.
A Maidenhead couple who went on a nine-day crime spree – robbing from multiple shops while armed with weapons – have been given prison sentences of eight and five years each.
Two-thirds of the Royal Borough’s bin collecting workforce look set to take strike action at the end of this month amid a dispute over pay.