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Banned driver who stole Maserati and killed pensioner in crash jailed
Fraser Garden admitted causing death by dangerous driving after stealing a high-powered Maserati and driving at 85mph through a residential area.
- On Friday, Fraser Garden was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh for causing John Bell's death by dangerous driving.
- Garden, a disqualified driver, stole a Maserati on April 13 from West End Garage and drove at 85mph in a 30mph zone while under the influence of cocaine.
- The vehicle struck Bell in his own garden in Broughty Ferry near Dundee, pinning him against a house wall and causing what officials described as "non-survivable injuries."
- Judge Lord Braid imposed a lifetime driving ban of more than 56 years, noting that Garden had 90 previous convictions and demonstrated "wicked disregard for the lives of others."
- Bell, a retired taxi driver who worked nearly 30 years before retiring in 2020, left behind three children, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; his family described a "void that will never be filled.
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