Drug driver who killed newborn baby after speeding through red light jailed

Craig Nunn, 40, crashed into the family in October 2024, killing four-week-old Harley Wilkinson (Picture: PA)

A driver who killed a four-week-old baby after crashing into a car while on amphetamines has been jailed for 14 years.

Craig Nunn, 40, crashed into Harley Wilkinson and his father Jake Wilkinson who was seriously injured in Worcestershire just after midnight on October 26 last year.

Worcester Crown Court heard Nunn was nearly two times over the drug-drive limit in his Ford Focus when he crashed into the black Suzuki Vitara being driven by Harley’s mother Imogen Bradley.

She was driving home with her partner after picking up their son from her sister’s house.

Mr Wilkinson had Harley on his lap after becoming ‘frustrated’ by the car seat for what was meant to be a short journey home, prosecutor Cathlyn Orchard said.

Nunn crashed so hard into the car after going through a red light thatHarley flew out of the window and into the road.

It was Nunn who then told Ms Bailey: ‘Your baby is over there.’

Harley suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and died at the scene.

Nunn has been sentenced to 14 years in prison (Picture: West Mercia Police/PA Wire)

Mr Wilkinson had a cervical spine fracture, a severed artery and a blood clot in his neck.

Pathologist Dr Brett Lockyer said it was not possible to say whether Harley would have survived the crash if he had been strapped into his car seat.

Nunn tried to claim his brakes failed but no faults were found and he had 11.4 seconds between his traffic light changing from green to red until the crash happened.

He was driving 90mph on a 70mph dual carriageway before the speed limit changed to 40mph ahead of the junction and the speed at the point of impact was greater than 36mph.

Nunn, who appeared via video link from HMP Hewell, wiped away tears as Ms Bradley said her world had been ‘ripped apart’ by the loss of her ‘miracle’ son.

She said: ‘The loss is unbearable. I am broken and don’t know if I will ever feel whole again.’

Weapons including an imitation pistol, an axe which were found in Nunn’s car (Picture: West Mercia Police/PA Wire)

When Nunn’s car was at a garage awaiting inspection after the crash, workers found a knife, an imitation pistol and an axe in the vehicle.

Adam Western, defending Nunn, said he had ‘accepted his wrongdoing unequivocally’ and did not wish to ever drive again.

Judge Martin Jackson told Nunn, who has 21 convictions for 51 offences including dangerous driving in 2010: ‘Amphetamines was probably a major contributory factor to the collision. You told a probation officer you had been self-medicating with amphetamines for some 20 years.

‘You may have found it was something that assisted you with your ADHD. I am satisfied that your driving must have been highly impaired by your habitual use of amphetamine.

‘You cut Harley’s life very short. He was never given the chance to grow up and find his way in the world. That was down to your actions entirely.

‘You deliberately disregarded the rules of the road.’

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