'He will never know the heartache he has caused': Family of 86-year-old man who died after car crash speak out as driver jailed

The family of an 86-year-old man who died in a car crash have paid tribute after a driver pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving.

Roy Jones was involved in a crash with another vehicle on Belmont Way in Stockport, at the junction of Short Street, at around 11.48pm on August 27, 2021. Roy, a stage performer known locally as Steve Russell and the ‘Singing Milkman’, was driving home after performing at The Moor Club in Heaton Moor.

He was taken to hospital following the incident, but died from his injuries almost two months later on October 16. Jack Lomas, 28, of Warbeck Close in Stockport, pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

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On Thursday (June 8) at Minshull Street Crown Court, Lomas was sentenced concurrently to nine years in prison for death by dangerous driving and two years and eight months for serious injury by dangerous driving. He was also disqualified from driving for 13 years and two months.

The court had previously heard that Lomas had been at the Carousel Pub drinking with friends on the night of the incident. Upon leaving, Lomas and five other people got into a BMW, with four of them sitting across the rear seats.

As Lomas travelled along Belmont Way, the BMW collided with Mr Jones' vehicle as it was in the process of turning into Short Street. Lomas was arrested and found to be over the prescribed limit of alcohol.

Lomas was charged and later released under unconditional bail. At Stockport Magistrates Court on September 13, 2021, he pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while over the prescribed alcohol limit. Following the death of Mr Jones a month later, Lomas was