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A drink and drug fuelled driver has been jailed after killing a beloved dad-of three as he sped through a seaside town in Lancashire .

Jez Shepherd, 23, was joyriding his ex-girlfriend's Fiat Punto in the early hours of the morning on August 10, 2025 , reports Lancs Live . He smashed into a taxi in Morcambe at 5.45am, killing Wayne Putley, who was a passenger in the backseat.

At the crime scene in Westgate, the 23-year-old claimed another person was driving the car, but that they had run away after the smash. However, witnesses described seeing Shepherd alone in the car before the tragic collision.

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One witness said he was hitting speeds of 90mph in a 30mph residential area, ‘pushing the car to its limits’

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