Jail for road death man who fled to Turkey in 2018
Mr Levett, who was 53 and lived in a care home, was a passenger in a car being driven by a carer on 28 January 2018.
The car had stopped in the nearside lane of a “smart” section of the M1 near junction 17 at Kilsby, where there was no hard shoulder, to help the driver of a car that had broken down.
Kavas’s lorry drove into the back of the carer’s car, which was then pushed into the back of the faulty vehicle.
Mr Levett was taken to hospital but could not be saved. A 45-year-old man was also seriously injured in the crash.
Kavas was questioned at the scene, but then fled to Turkey.
Northamptonshire Police eventually secured a red notice, external[1], which is a request to law enforcement agencies in other countries to find and arrest a suspect.
In February 2024, Kavas was located in Bulgaria[2] and later brought back to the UK where he pleaded guilty to causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving at Northampton Crown Court.
He was sentenced on 19 July to four years and four months in prison, and disqualified from driving for five years and two months.
References
- ^ red notice, external (www.interpol.int)
- ^ Kavas was located in Bulgaria (www.bbc.co.uk)