Killer driver given extra jail time for posting ‘mocking’ snaps on website from his cell

A DRIVER given ten years’ jail for killing two mates in a  crash has been handed another 21 months — for posting mocking Facebook messages from prison.

James Maughan, 23, put up selfies while awaiting sentence, adding the message: “Making a joke of the system.”

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A pal of his victims spotted the posts and alerted police. And Maughan was this week given extra time for the offences, which even his own lawyer called “stupid”.

The driver was racing another car when he crashed his Renault Megane Sport at 70mph in Donca­ster, South Yorks, last year.

Instead of raising the alarm Maughan, who had no licence, fled — leaving Liam Aldred, 26, and Dean McIntyre, 27, trapped in the back as the car burst into flames.

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He was jailed in March. But Sheffield crown court has now heard that within  weeks of  his arrest he was using a smuggled phone to post messages and snaps from prison.

Prosecutor Michael Slater said: “One image had the caption, ‘Making a joke of the system’ and one ‘Jail life’. They caused considerable upset to relatives of  the deceased.”