Footballer jailed for six years for causing fatal accident after drinking session

LEE HUGHES’ Premiership football career was over last night after he was jailed for six years for causing a fatal accident following a post-match drinking session.

Judge Christopher Hodson said he had no doubt the 28-year-old West Brom forward, who is thought to have downed six whiskies, fled the scene of the crash because he knew he would fail a breath test.

Hughes’ six-day trial at Coventry Crown Court heard how the disgraced star’s £100,000 super-charged Mercedes sports car ploughed into an oncoming Renault near his home, killing passenger Douglas Graham almost instantly.