Man speaks out on day his daughter was due to be born as M66 driver who killed pregnant mum gets longer in jail

The former partner of a pregnant mother killed by a dangerous driver has called for even tougher punishments even though senior judges have increased his sentence.

Calvin Buckley spoke out after senior judges quashed an 'unduly lenient' 12-year jail sentence handed to Adil Iqbal, 22, and increased it by three years. Iqbal killed Frankie Jules-Hough, 38, from Chadderton, Oldham, in Bury in May after Adil Iqbal, 22, lost control of his father's BMW M140i.

Mr Buckley had wanted a life sentence and said the new sentence, although increased, was a 'bitter pill to swallow'.

Iqbal had filmed himself reaching speeds of 123mph in the vehicle before it crashed into Ms Jules-Hough's Skoda Fabia, which had pulled over on the hard shoulder with a tyre puncture on the M66. She was 17-weeks pregnant. Neither mum nor unborn child survived. Frankie and her partner planned to name their daughter Neeve.

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Frankie's son Tommy, aged nine, and nephew Tobias, aged four, were passengers in her car - all wearing seatbelts - suffered serious injuries. Frankie's two-year-old Rocky, who was strapped into a child seat, miraculously unharmed.

In July, Iqbal was jailed for 12 years by Judge Maurice Greene after he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving; and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court.

Today (Friday, October 13) three senior judges sitting at the Court of Appeal in London quashed the sentence after the Attorney General has asked them re-consider the 'unduly lenient' sentence.

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