A WOMAN who killed two people in a car crash less than three weeks after gaining her driving licence has had her prison sentence increased.
Liberty Mitchell, 21, crashed her Mini Cooper into three other cars while filming herself speeding on Snapchat as she performed an overtake.
Liberty had originally been sentenced to six years and eight months’ imprisonment at Gloucester Crown Court in December last year.
She had pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing death whilst uninsured, and three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
But she’s now been slapped with nine years and three months after the Attorney General, Ellie Reeves, referred Liberty’s case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
The self-employed cleaner, who was 18 at the time, had been driving between jobs on December 2, 2022 when she attempted to overtake another car in Riversmeet North.
She collided with three other cars as a result of her dangerous driving.
Taxi driver Octavian Codreanu was pronounced dead at the scene.
His passenger, school teacher Moyra Whelan, later died from her injuries in hospital.
Several other people were taken to hospital for treatment after Mitchell’s actions caused a horror pile-up.