Killer driver tried to set his car on fire after ploughing into pedestrian

This is the driver who killed a dad then tried to set his car on fire to cover his tracks. Scott Freeth was speeding when he ploughed into dad-of-three David Clegg, who had just left the pub after a night out with friends in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Freeth, 33, fled the scene then desperately tried to set his car on fire. But he confessed the following day and has now been jailed.

Mr Clegg leaves behind a 16-year-old daughter. Her mother died years before. GMP have now released a mugshot of Freeth, from Dukinfield, after he was sentenced yesterday (July 27) at Minshull Street Crown Court.

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Freeth had been out driving in a Mercedes Sprinter van with two friends from about 10pm on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Even one of his own pals said that Freeth was 'driving like an idiot'.

They told him to slow down, which he did for a period before speeding up again. Freeth was driving at 'excessive speed', overtaking on single carriageways, and at one point he went through a red light.

Mr Clegg had been enjoying a night in Royal Oak pub, in Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne, with some friends. He left the boozer at about 11.45pm and as he crossed the road Freeth crashed into him, while driving at 50mph in a 30mph zone.

"He had absolutely no chance," said sentencing judge Bernadette Baxter. Freeth then fled the scene and tried to set his van on fire.

The following day, Freeth called his mother and then a friend, who both told him to hand himself in. He eventually he did and made 'full admissions' to the police.

After the hearing, Mr Clegg's daughter Casey, now aged 16, and 14 at the time of her father's death, said: "Waking up to be told that my