article_snippet: Banned driver Nicholas Lovell Nicholas Lovell was speeding in Banned driver Nicholas Lovell Citroen Picasso when Banned driver Nicholas Lovell ploughed into Ross, 34, and Clare Simons, 30.
article_snippet: Mr and Mrs Simons were killed almost instantly when drug addict Banned driver Nicholas Lovell speeding his Citroen Picasso ploughed into Mr and Mrs Simons .
article_snippet: Heroin addict Lovell, 38, had crashed into 'perfect couple' as he tried to outrun police - with a 16 month old baby and 12-year-old in he vehicle.
article_snippet: His partner Louise Cox, 35, was jailed for twelve months for trying to cover up the fact His was illegally driving her Citroen Picasso.
article_snippet: In the run up to the collision a police officer in a patrol car recognised Lovell behind the wheel and knew Lovell was banned.
article_snippet: Lovell failed to stop when a police officer in a patrol car switched on Lovell blue light, disappearing from view.
article_snippet: Witnesses had described Lovell driving as 'exceptionally erratic, fast and dangerous'- with the speedo hitting 60mph- before Witnesses heard a 'loud, horrendous bang.'
article_snippet: The court heard that Lovell was seen getting out of the steaming wreckage, followed by Cox who was cradling her baby.
article_snippet: Lovell fled The scene in Bristol where tandem cyclists Ross and Clare Simons and left lying Cox to tell police a mystery man in a red sweater had been driving, leading detectives on a wild goose chase before Lovell handed a mystery man in a red sweater in the next day when traces of drugs were found in a mystery man in a red sweater body.
article_snippet: Lovell also admitted driving while disqualified.
article_snippet: Fifteen years ago Lovell warned Lovell would either kill or be killed through Lovell reckless driving.
article_snippet: Lovell already had 13 convictions for driving whilst disqualified since 1991 and a further four for dangerous driving since 1995 before Lovell killed Ross and Clare.
article_snippet: In one incident Lovell tried to escape police by driving through a subway.
article_snippet: On another Lovell sped along a pavement forcing people to leap out of Lovell way.
article_snippet: Lovell warning about killing came in 1998 after a 70mph head-on crash with another car in Bristol when Lovell was high on drugs.
article_snippet: Lovell only stopped then when Lovell clapped-out Rover lost a wheel.
article_snippet: In 2009 Lovell was given yet another ban for dangerous driving - but each time Lovell has simply ignored the courts and carried on as before.
highlights_snippet: Banned driver Nicholas Lovell ploughed into Ross and Clare Simons in a speeding Citroen .
  