A man who crashed his car into a taxi at 115km/h, opening it like a can and killing two of its occupants, was jailed for four years yesterday.
Au Chi-ming, 44, was sentenced for dangerous driving causing death under revised penalties that doubled the maximum penalty to 10 years in prison. He had pleaded not guilty.
Chief District Judge Patrick Li Hon-leung told him his reckless driving, at 45km/h over the speed limit, had cost the lives of two people.
The court heard that Au, 44, formerly a regional chief information officer for a multinational corporation, had two previous convictions for careless driving and nine previous speeding violations; three of the latter were for driving at between 30km/h and 45km/h over the speed limit.
His licence had been suspended twice, most recently in 2003.
The court heard earlier that Au lost control of his car as he drove along the middle lane of Ching Cheung Road towards Kwun Tong at about 6am on August 10. The car rammed a road divider and flew into the opposite lane, hitting the taxi head-on before skidding 30 metres and coming to rest on its side.