Kill a cyclist, hide the evidence, get two years

YouTube- Angles morts

Called " Angle mort"
Terrifying, particularly from 6:33 onwards.

The bike, panniers, belongings, passport etc. were thrown over the fence at the side of the lay by. The driver's stroy was that he stopped at the lay by to read his map, the bike and bits must have fallen from beneath his lorry and someone else must have come along and thrown them over the fence. Nevertheless he was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by hiding the evidence. Sentence 2 years.
He was found not guilty of causing death by dangerous driving (max was 10 years, now 14). At the time it was not possible to charge him with causing death by careless driving (max 3 years) as that law was too new.
I don't know if you are now charged with causing death by dangerous driving you can now be aquitted of that but found guilty of causing death by careless driving. Maybe any legal experts can tell us.
I can't actually remember if it's what we call a lesser included offence. For example, those charged with GBH can be convicted by the jury of ABH without the need for the ABH to be on the indictment. I shall check. I'm in two minds about the new death by careless offence. On the one hand, it will let us charge more people who otherwise would only have been charged with careless, and not the "death by", but on the other, I'm worried too many people will take the easy option and charge the lesser offence to increase chances of conviction.

As for the family appealing, no, there's nothing they can do. If the CPS are persuaded that the sentence was unduly lenient, they can appeal. They have a certain amount of time in which to do that, and I would hope that this course of action has already been considered.