Gloucestershire killer driver's sentence changed as it was 'too lenient'

A young driver who killed two people in a car crash after speeding in Gloucestershire has had her sentence increased following an appeal. Liberty Mitchell, aged 21, of Chipping Norton, had her sentence increased by two years and seven months. It has gone from six years and eight months to nine years and three months, after the Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, referred her case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The court heard that on December 2, 2022, Mitchell was driving towards Aldsworth when she attempted to overtake three vehicles on the wrong side of the road at nearly 100mph in a 60mph zone. She crashed with one of the cars she had attempted to pass - a taxi - causing a pile-up involving multiple vehicles. The driver of the taxi, Octavian Codreanu, was pronounced dead at the scene.