A TIPSY therapist who killed a promising young fashion designer from Cross Inn, New Quay, when he lost control at the wheel had his sentence cut on appeal today.

Gareth David Entwhistle, 35, was jailed for five and half years at Swansea Crown Court last October.

He admitted causing 21-year-old Miriam Briddon’s death by careless driving while over the drink-drive limit.

Entwhistle, of Ciliau Aeron, Lampeter, was also banned from driving for five years. He was himself badly injured in the March 2014 collision on the A482 near Ciliau Aeron.

Mr Justice Gilbart told London’s Criminal Appeal Court that Entwhistle’s crime had “ripped apart” the lives of his victim’s family.

Entwhistle’s legal team said he was now dogged by remorse, also citing his previous impeccable character.

Mr Justice Gilbart, sitting with Lord Justice Lindblom and Judge David Radford QC, ruled that Entwhistle should have received more credit for his guilty plea.

“We consider that the sentencing judge was in error,” he told the court, reducing the sentence to five years.