A driver who inhaled nitrous oxide from a balloon before and after killing an elderly cyclist at a pedestrian crossing has been detained for more than 11 years.Cain Byrne, 20, ignored a red light and was well over the 50mph limit when he hit Graham Slinn, 81, throwing him at least 15ft in the air.Sheffield Crown Court heard Byrne, who has never held a driving licence, made no attempt to stop at the crossing and could have been travelling at up to 80mph, according to a witness.On Monday he was sentenced to 11 years and six months’ detention in a young offender institution, with an extended licence period of five years. He was banned from driving for 17 years and eight months.
01:00That the judge and the justice system value, valued my dad's life.
01:07Nothing, nothing that anybody does, no sentence that anybody serves will ever bring him back.
01:12Of course it won't, but it does mean that somebody who's a danger to the public is not a danger to the public for some considerable time.
01:20The people that we really, really want to thank are the people who stopped, who did stop at the scene, who tried to help my dad, and to the person who stayed with my dad until his very, very end.
