An illegal Albanian immigrant who went on the run for more than 11 years after his car hit and killed a man walking home from a night out was today jailed for 15 months. Aleksi Shyti was using a fake Greek identity document when the white Rover 211 he was driving struck Ricky Burlton, who was thrown into the path of three other cars.
Shyti, who had never held a driving licence, carried on along the A10 Hoddesdon bypass in Hertfordshire with a smashed windscreen for another hundred metres before leaving the scene on foot. He was seen with his face covered in blood, walking along the side of the road.
Rather than call the emergency services to help the 20-year-old mechanic and scout leader, he rang a friend to help him get to hospital.
Prosecutor Simon Wilshire told St Albans crown court that shortly after the accident Shyti, now 42, left the jurisdiction and returned to his native Albania.
A European Arrest Warrant was issued in May 2012 and was finally executed in September this year in Bulgaria.
Failing 56.0, Daily Mail HQ, United Kingdom, @DM:
An absolute insult for the dead man and his family, truly Broken Britain at its absolute finest?
GW: Is Shyti his real name? If so somewhat appropriate. Hope he gets what’s coming to him ”inside” with some good old ”prison justice.”
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