Driver convicted for causing rail crash fails to win right to appeal

THE driver jailed for causing the deaths of 10 people in the Selby train crash yesterday lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge his conviction.

Three judges in London refused permission to appeal to builder Gary Hart, 37, who was found guilty of 10 counts of causing death by dangerous driving at Leeds Crown Court and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Hart was not present in court in London to hear the ruling by Lord Justice Rose, Mr Justice Mitchell and Mr Justice Eady.

Dismissing the application, Lord Justice Rose said: “There is, as it seems to us, no reason whatever to regard these verdicts as unsafe. It seems to us that there was ample material before the jury entitling them to reach the conclusions which they did.”