As she lay dying, her coward boyfriend committed 'inhuman' acts

A banned driver caused the death of his partner when he crashed while racing dangerously at "motorway speeds" on a wet residential street, a court has heard.

As Demi Mabbitt lay unconscious and critically injured at the roadside, it was heard that Cameron Jones callously used her phone to call the police and falsely claimed she had been the one driving. He then collected his bag from the smashed car and ran away.

Merthyr Crown Court heard Jones had only been out of prison for 30 days at the time of the crash and was at the wheel of a powerful car with two virtually bald tyres and windows so heavily tinted they were dangerous.

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Sending the 30-year-old to prison, the judge labelled Jones's act of fleeing the accident scene and abandoning his gravely injured partner alone in the rain as "inhuman" and one of "total cowardice", WalesOnline reports.

Abigail Jackson, prosecuting, said the collision happened at around 11.45pm on April 5 this year in Swansea Road, Merthyr. She stated that another driver witnessed Jones at the wheel of a powerful Audi S3 car accelerate away from the Trago Mills roundabout at speeds estimated to be around 70mph.

She said the witness reported the conditions were "soaking wet" with so much spray being thrown up from the road he had to use his windscreen wipers. The barrister said the witness commented to his passenger about the driver of the speeding Audi: "He is going to kill himself".

The court heard the witness continued westward along Swansea Road in the wake of the Audi, which he by now estimated to be travelling at between 110mph and 120mph as it disappeared out of sight.

When next seen by the witness,