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A mother found her son lying dead in a ditch after tracing his iPhone to the spot where it emerged he had been struck by a banned hit and run driver.
Josh Ashworth, 22, was walking home along an A-road when he was hit by a BMW driven by disqualified Cole Tresidder, a court heard.
Tressider, also 22, was jailed for seven years and two months on Friday by a judge who said his decision not to report the collision led to Mr Ashworth's family finding him dead themselves.
Prosecutor Steven Gosnell told how Mr Ashworth had been in contact with his family during the evening of April 22 last year.
But when he failed to return home the next morning they began searching.
Josh Ashworth, 22, was found dead by his own mother after being hit by a car in a hit-and-run
In her victim statement, Mr Ashworth's mother Rachael (pictured with her son) described the horror of finding her dead son, who had sustained horrific injuries
Tressider, 22, was jailed for seven years and two months on Friday. He did not report the incident to the police, leading to Mr Ashworth's family finding his dead body themselves
Mr Gosnell said the victim's family and friends went to the location on the A52 after his iPhone showed it was stationary at the scene near Somerby Hill, Lincolnshire.
Tragically, Mr Ashworth was found lying face down in a ditch by his own mother, Rachael, just after 7am, Mr Gosnell said.
In a moving victim impact statement, Mrs Ashworth described the horror of going to look for her son and finding him dead.
Mrs Ashworth turned to Tresidder and said: 'Why would anyone leave this beautiful human being on the side of the road?'
She added: 'I could have been spared finding my son with those horrific injuries.'
Mrs Ashworth said she had been 'haunted for days and days' while the family waited to discover if her son had remained alive for a period of time following the
