1,000 Britons were arrested for drug-related offences abroad last year

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Wednesday 30 January 2008

Alberto Ramos

Alberto Ramos, 32,Ramos was jailed for 21 months for dangerous driving, and four years for each count of unlawful wounding. 'inexplicably' veered off the road and hit the women while doped up on a cocktail of crystal meth and prescription drugs.
Mrs Reeve, 43, remained conscious as she was thrown up in the air and saw her right foot lying four feet away after it had been torn off above the ankle.
Kayleigh Reeve remembers nothing after hearing screams and seeing a car coming towards her and then hitting her.
She was later told she had lost her leg below the knee.
Police arrived at the scene at the junction of Margaret Street and Regent Street to find a 'tangled heap of bodies'.
Ramos initially gave no explantion for the incident, but had later told probation officers he had taken 'large amounts' of crystal meth throughout the night before the collision.
He had driven into the West End to see his dealer after running out of the drug and claimed he was returning from the meeting when the accident happened.
No drugs were found on him and medical evidence showed that his symptons were consistent with coming down from a high after taking the drug some time earlier.
Passing sentence at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC said: "The collision was horrific.
"Your car ploughed into the pedestrians and this collision caused mayhem, leaving six victims in hospital, two of whom, a mother and daughter, each had to undergo a leg amputation."
The court earlier heard that this is the first time a dangerous driving case involving crystal meth has come to court.
Judge Rivlin told Ramos: "At the time of this accident, this drug had recently been reclassified as a class A drug.
"Its effects and addictive potential are similar to that of amphetamine use, although these effects are considered to be much stronger.
"It is in fact a highly potent and dangerous stimulant. Of course it affects driving ability and evidence shows that this can involve driving out of a line of traffic and drifting off the road.

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