A peer who was jailed last month for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages while driving on the M1 has been released by the Court of Appeal. Lord Ahmed, 51, had been involved in a fatal crash minutes after sending the messages on Christmas Day 2007. He hit a stationary car in the outside lane of the M1, killing Martyn Gombar, 28, from Leigh, Greater Manchester. The Appeal Court suspended his sentence because of "exceptional" mitigation relating to his community work. Lord Ahmed served 16 days of his sentence. Road safety charity Brake said it was "appalled" by the decision. The peer had been jailed at Sheffield Crown Court after admitting dangerous driving.
Ronnie Biggs should get his lawyer...
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