Dangerous driving teen jailed for causing death

Fri, 26 Jun 2015

Brad Campbell died in August 2014

A teenager from Onchan has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison after crashing his car and killing another teen.

18-year-old Brandon Gowland was handed his punishment at Douglas Courthouse today.

He had previously pleaded guilty to causing the death of 17-year-old Brad Campbell by dangerous driving.

He also admitted causing serious bodily harm to another teenager in the vehicle.

Gowland was driving a car which crashed on the Foxdale Road on August 24th last year.

The court also disqualified him from driving for seven years.