Samuel Williamson had also been drinking and had no licence when he got behind the wheel
A drugged-up driver who killed his brother and two other passengers in a horror crash has been jailed for more than eight years.
The motor crashed back onto the road, but his brother James Williamson, 37, along with Mandy McCallum, 30 and 62 year-old Ernest Beveridge never survived the incident in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire.Unemployed Williamson today returned to the High Court in Glasgow having earlier pled guilty to causing the deaths by dangerous driving.He told Williamson: "You have pled guilty to a charge of the utmost gravity. Three people died as a result of your utterly irresponsible behaviour.
"The car was propelled and landed heavily back on the road. Two of the passengers were thrown from the vehicle as a result." After emergency services arrived, Williamson was noted to be smelling of alcohol and later claimed he had only been steering the Astra.
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