A speeding drink driver who killed a pensioner at a bus stop was jailed today after a judge condemned his "appalling" driving.
Martin Henderson, 30, fled the scene after inflicting fatal injuries on father-of-three Allan Forbes, 70, and consumed more alcohol before contacting police and claiming his car had been stolen.
Repeat motoring offender Henderson also seriously injured Chloe Donaldson, 18, who was also standing by the bus shelter when he lost control of his BMW.
A judge told Henderson: "This is appalling driving and it is not just a momentary lapse of appalling driving."
Lord Mulholland said at the High Court in Edinburgh : "It is appalling driving for quite some distance, involving speeding, going through a red light, undertaking, overtaking when it is unsafe to do so, all while you are under the influence of alcohol."
The judge said it had made his car "a lethal weapon" and added: "You have taken a life and given that poor family a life sentence."
He also pointed out that Miss Donaldson had suffered "a horrific injury and a horrific recovery".
Lord Mulholland told Henderson, who dabbed at his eyes with a hanky as he stood in the dock at the High Court in Edinburgh : "You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself."
The judge said: "Not only did he not stay at the scene to render assistance, he then makes his way to a pub where he consumes more alcohol and then makes his way home where he consumes more alcohol."
Henderson, of Threave Circle, Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire, had been on bail, but was remanded in custody after he appeared in court today.
Lord Mulholland told him that as he has never previously served a jail sentence he required to get a background report on him ahead of dealing with him.
Although Henderson has never been sentenced to imprisonment before he has amassed six road traffic convictions and had three driving bans for speeding, being in charge of vehicle while over the drink drive limit and careless driving.
The court heard that retired bus driver Mr Forbes, who was married for 47 years and generally kept good health, was waiting on a bus to meet up with his youngest son in Aberdeen when he was struck by Henderson's car in Bucksburn on November 9 last year.
Henderson, an engineering supervisor with an offshore oil company, admitted causing the death of Mr Forbes and severe injury to Miss Donaldson by dangerous driving on the A96 Inverurie to Aberdeen road.
At one stage in the journey a van driver had to brake sharply to avoid a collision after Henderson drove through a red light.
He also admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice by leaving the collision scene and falsely reporting his car was stolen.
Advocate depute Graeme Jessop said Henderson had met a work colleague Paulius Sniurevisius in Inverurie and the two men were seen drinking in Edwards pub and a Brew Dog bar.
Henderson drank two and a half pints of lager and ate a meal before setting off on the 10-mile trip towards Bucksburn.
At one stage on the journey he was seen travelling at 97 mph in a 40 mph zone.
Just before the fatal collision he was estimated to be travelling at 67 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Mr Jessop said: "The collision investigators were of the opinion that the accused's impairment through consuming alcohol and the excessive speed at which he was driving the vehicle combined to cause him to lose control on the bend at the collision scene."
The prosecutor said that he overtook a vehicle in his BMW 320 estate at high speed on the approach to the bend but after he lost control his car began to broadside along the dual carriageway and struck a Nissan Pixo which went into the central reservation.
The driver and his two passengers escaped without physical injury.
Henderson went on to hit a pavement and plough into the bus shelter and the two pedestrians who were waiting there.
Mr Jessop said Mr Forbes suffered "catastrophic unsurvivable injuries" and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Miss Donaldson suffered a broken leg and nose, a cut lip and chipped teeth and grazing. The fracture to her left leg required surgery to insert a metal plate and pins.
Mr Jessop said: "Immediately following the collision the accused fled the scene. He made his way to a nearby pub, the Staging Post, where he ordered a pint of beer and asked the manager to call him a taxi. He didn't finish his drink and left before the taxi arrived."
The prosecutor said Henderson made his way home by unknown means and on arrival told his partner he had "f---ed up", but did not elaborate.
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He opened two cans of lager and drank less than half of each before calling police to report the alleged left of his car.
Mr Sniurevisius, who had remained at the crash scene, identified Henderson as the driver when police requested him to do so.
Officers who went to Henderson's home and found him asleep on a sofa.
Mr Jessop said they described him as "obstructive via his general silence".
He was arrested after a positive breath test of 78 mg, which is over the 22mg limit. He later gave a "no comment" interview.
