Adil Iqbal also caused serious injury to Frankie Jules-Hough’s son and nephew; his sentence was criticised as ‘insulting’

A man who killed a pregnant mother of two as he filmed himself speeding at 123mph has been handed a 12-year prison sentence.

Adil Iqbal, 22, was driving with one hand and holding his phone with the other to film himself, possibly to upload to Facebook, as he tailgated and undertook other vehicles and swerved across lanes, reaching a speed of 123mph in his father’s BMW on the M66 in Bury, Greater Manchester, on 13 May.

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