<p>A drunk Indian-origin coach driver in the UK who had caused the deaths of two men in a horrific motorway crash last year has been jailed for six years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jasminder Singh Dhesi, 50, last month pleaded guilty to causing the deaths by dangerous driving on March 24, last year.<br /><br />He was sentenced to six years in jail at the Birmingham Crown Court yesterday.<br /><br />Passenger Liaquat Ali, 35, of Smethwick, died in the crash between junctions three and four while lorry driver William Mapstone, 65, from Somerset, later died in hospital.<br /><br />Dhesi was also disqualified from driving for four years, to take effect from his release from prison.<br /><br />The court heard Dhesi had been drinking high-strength lager before his un-roadworthy coach broke down three times on the motorway in the fog.<br /><br />The coach, which was carrying 34 passengers, was eventually hit by a heavy good vehicle. The single-decker bus was carrying fruit pickers from Birmingham to Evesham in Worcestershire.<br /><br />Birmingham Crown Court heard Dhesi failed a roadside breath test after the crash and was found to have 46 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.<br /><br />But a test carried out a police station two hours after the crash gave a reading just below the legal limit and Dhesi was not charged with drink-driving.<br /><br />At the sentencing hearing at the court, it emerged Dhesi was fined for drink-driving 12 years ago after falling asleep and crashing a bus into another vehicle.<br /><br />Judge Michael Chambers expressed concern, while delivering the six-year jail sentence, as to whether the father-of-two was remorseful for his actions.<br /><br />Judge Chambers said the accident on the southbound carriageway near Frankley Services had been entirely avoidable.<br /><br />"Travelling on the motorway as you did clearly caused a substantial risk to other road users and also the passengers on your bus," he said.<br /><br />"The aggravating features are the degree of risk that you created, having regard to the road conditions and the size of your vehicle, and that two deaths have been caused. <br /><br />There is also an aggravating feature in that you were driving under the influence of alcohol," the judge said.</p>
<p>A drunk Indian-origin coach driver in the UK who had caused the deaths of two men in a horrific motorway crash last year has been jailed for six years.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jasminder Singh Dhesi, 50, last month pleaded guilty to causing the deaths by dangerous driving on March 24, last year.<br /><br />He was sentenced to six years in jail at the Birmingham Crown Court yesterday.<br /><br />Passenger Liaquat Ali, 35, of Smethwick, died in the crash between junctions three and four while lorry driver William Mapstone, 65, from Somerset, later died in hospital.<br /><br />Dhesi was also disqualified from driving for four years, to take effect from his release from prison.<br /><br />The court heard Dhesi had been drinking high-strength lager before his un-roadworthy coach broke down three times on the motorway in the fog.<br /><br />The coach, which was carrying 34 passengers, was eventually hit by a heavy good vehicle. The single-decker bus was carrying fruit pickers from Birmingham to Evesham in Worcestershire.<br /><br />Birmingham Crown Court heard Dhesi failed a roadside breath test after the crash and was found to have 46 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.<br /><br />But a test carried out a police station two hours after the crash gave a reading just below the legal limit and Dhesi was not charged with drink-driving.<br /><br />At the sentencing hearing at the court, it emerged Dhesi was fined for drink-driving 12 years ago after falling asleep and crashing a bus into another vehicle.<br /><br />Judge Michael Chambers expressed concern, while delivering the six-year jail sentence, as to whether the father-of-two was remorseful for his actions.<br /><br />Judge Chambers said the accident on the southbound carriageway near Frankley Services had been entirely avoidable.<br /><br />"Travelling on the motorway as you did clearly caused a substantial risk to other road users and also the passengers on your bus," he said.<br /><br />"The aggravating features are the degree of risk that you created, having regard to the road conditions and the size of your vehicle, and that two deaths have been caused. <br /><br />There is also an aggravating feature in that you were driving under the influence of alcohol," the judge said.</p>