Lukasz Banasik to be sentenced over death of Gavin Hustler-Brown (From This is Hampshire)

Lukasz Banasik to be sentenced over death of Gavin Hustler-Brown

7:29am Thursday 11th March 2010 in

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A man extradited to Southampton will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to causing the death by dangerous driving of a promising diver nearly three years ago.

Lukasz Banasik was flown back from Poland to face the charge relating to the death of Gavin Hustler-Brown.

The 22-year-old, a promising international-standard diver, died after being struck by a blue Vauxhall Astra driven by Banasik, also 22, as he walked near the Hobbit Pub in Bevois Valley Road, on April 27, 2007.

Mr Hustler-Brown, originally from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was a first year criminology student at university in Southampton.

After the crash, Banasik fled the scene, dumped the car nearby and left for Poland the following day.

He pleaded guilty in December to causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident, driving without insurance and driving without a licence.

He will be sentenced at Southampton Crown Court.