Image released of Bracknell drink-driver who killed mother-of-three

On June 21, a judge at Reading Crown Court jailed Amissah for 11-and-a-half years.

The court heard how he ran his Range Rover head-on into a car driven by 33-year-old Benedicta Owusu-Buabeng on December 17, 2022 - instantly killing the woman.

At the time, Amissah was driving drunk and on the wrong side of the road.

He had been returning home after a work Christmas party at the Silver Birch pub in Bracknell.

The defendant was so intoxicated that he needed to be helped outside by the landlady and a bartender.

Sentencing Amissah, Judge Amjad Nawaz stated: "It may be that the better action would have been to take the car keys off him, but that's with the benefit of hindsight."

The fatal collision occurred in Mill Lane.

Mrs Owusu-Buabeng sustained massive injuries, and was likely killed on impact.

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A passing motorist stopped to pull Amissah out of the wreck of his car - and testified to his bizarre behaviour after the crash.

They said the defendant was laughing and smirking.

At one point, he tried to climb into his rescuer's car and drive away, apparently unaware that it was not his own.

Amissah was not insured to drive the Range Rover he crashed.

Defence barrister Sean Caulfield said Amissah was a British Army veteran who had served in Afghanistan.

He had no convictions for serious offences prior to the crash.

Mrs Owusu-Buabeng is survived by three children - the youngest of whom was only nine months old at the time of the collision.

The victim's eight-year-old daughter provided a harrowing statement to police, which was read aloud in court.

The girl said: "My mother was my best friend, and losing her has had a big impact on my life.

"I have been eating less and crying more."

She added: "Dad is trying to do everything to help us, but I still really miss my mum."