Killer driver spared jail after victim's mum pleads for mercy
CROY John Foggo, left, was killed in the car crash while David White, right, was driving
And, after David White left court, all the families affected by the double tragedy on a Highland road hugged him. Sixteen-year-old Georgia Gilham and John Foggo, 18, both died when the Vauxhall Corsa in which they were passengers hit a Mercedes. The tragedy happened in March 2016 near Culloden Moor, leaving a fourth passenger, Rebecca Angus, with multiple injuries from which she is still recovering.
At Inverness Sheriff Court, White – who admitted causing death by careless driving – was ordered to carry out 300 hours of community service, banned for 16 months and had a restriction of liberty order placed on him for 90 days. The 20-year-old will have to wear a tag and remain in his home in Croy between 8pm and 6am. Part of a letter written by Debbie Gilham, the teenage girl’s mother, was read out to Sheriff Chris Dickson by defence solicitor advocate Shahid Latif. He said: “She says that she has seen the toll of what has occurred and the impact it has had on my client. She also writes, ‘I can’t help Georgia now but if she were here she would be begging me to do everything in my power to help David’.” Mr Latif confirmed that the other families involved were also supportive of White.
CROY White's girlfriend Georgia Gilham was killed in the crash