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An uninsured driver who knocked down a district judge with his car seconds before he was run over and killed by multiple vehicles has been spared jail.

Elliott Nash, 33, hit Judge Matthew Mawdsley, 54, as he tried to cross a busy dual carriageway to reach his hotel following a Christmas night out with colleagues.

A court heard the impact knocked the father-of-three to the ground and moments later he was struck by several other vehicles on the Aston Expressway in Birmingham.

He was confirmed dead despite the efforts of medics after suffering catastrophic injuries on December 16, 2022.

Mr Mawdsley had recently been appointed as a district judge for the West Midlands following a career as a barrister and had been at a judge's lunch earlier in the day.

Nash, who had been working at a Christmas stall in the city centre, drove away from the scene but was later arrested by police.

He previously admitted failing to stop after an accident and driving while uninsured, and was sentenced to four months in jail, suspended for 12 months today (Fri).

Nash, of Willenhall, West Mids., also had six penalty points put on his licence, was banned from the roads for six months and fined £500 at Birmingham Crown Court.

Sentencing, Judge Sarah Buckingham told Nash his actions had been 'shameful and selfish'.

She said: 'On December 16, 2022 the devastating consequences of Mr Mawdsley's decision to attempt to cross the A38 lead to him losing his life.

'You know you should not have been driving that night.

'You were not insured and you must have known that Mr Mawdsley did cross the road and brushed against your car and almost immediately fell to the floor on that very busy carriageway.

'You did not stop and you drove directly home saying nothing about the accident to your wife.'

The court heard Mr Mawdsley, from Manchester, had only just been appointed as a

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