DRUNKEN driver Kevin Stagg has been jailed for nine years for dragging a pedestrian to her death in "truly horrifying circumstances" and then going on the run in Spain.

DRUNKEN driver Kevin Stagg has been jailed for nine years for dragging a pedestrian to her death in "truly horrifying circumstances" and then going on the run in Spain.: "DRUNKEN driver Kevin Stagg has been jailed for nine years for dragging a pedestrian to her death in 'truly horrifying circumstances' and then going on the run in Spain.

Judge Graham Cottle said 55-year-old Stagg's crime was made worse because he 'absconded', making 43-year-old Susan Dare's family and friends face a long wait for his trial.

The defendant had failed to realise Miss Dare was in front of his car as he drove towards the Clinton Arms pub in Littleham, Exmouth to meet his girlfriend.

Stagg, whose last official address was Mountain Close in Exmouth, was also banned for driving for seven years, at Exeter Crown Court yesterday."