Craig Smart, 44, a one-time centre forward with Montose FC, was driving his employers' white Ford Transit van when he collided with Army veteran Dave McArthur on the crossing in Cardenden, Fife.
An ex-footballer who fatally injured a former soldier on a zebra crossing before lighting a cigarette and fleeing the scene has been jailed for two years.
A police collision investigator said Smart had "failed to observe, or react to, Mr McArthur on the zebra". After the collision, Smart got out and phoned his girlfriend saying, "I've hit someone". However, Smart was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice by leaving the scene and turning off his phone in a bid to prevent arrest and assessment of his capability to drive. Judge Lord Scott said this was a significant aggravating factor.
Lord Scott said a victim impact statement from Mr McArthur's wife spoke of the "huge hole" his death had left in the lives of her and their children, just a year short of their 20th wedding anniversary. Mr McArthur's sister Debbie spoke of being left in "a black hole of grief". Top news stories today "It was as if he was on something, but I didn't smell drink. He lit up a cigarette, then he was away." In addition to the jail term, Smart was banned from driving for six years and required to re-sit his test before ever getting back behind the wheel.
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