Killer driver back behind bars yet again after assault on woman and girl
A criminal who killed a Corby grandma after careering onto the pavement when he was more than twice the drink drive limit has been sent to prison yet again.
Andrew Den-Drijver has been in and out of prison for years, ever since he got behind the wheel after he ‘thought he was fine to drive’ following a vodka and beer binge.
Now he’s in jail again after assaulting a woman and a girl in Desborough.
Much-loved grandma Janice Buckland was killed when he mounted the pavement in Jubilee Avenue and struck her with his car. She was only 51, and had been shopping when Den-Drijver overtook a vehicle waiting at a zebra crossing and hit her, killing her almost instantly.
He was given five years and two months in prison when he was sentenced in 2016, and was banned from driving until 2022.
But in March 2020 after his release he was caught driving over the drug limit in Kettering and with no insurance. He was given a suspended jail term and another 18 month driving ban. Janice’s family told this newspaper they were ‘livid’
And in 2021, he was caught in Nottingham driving while disqualified and with no insurance. He was jailed for 18 weeks. Janice’s family again spoke out, saying Den-Drijver had ‘no conscience’.
In July 2023 he was made the subject of a domestic violence protection order and banned from going within 100m of premises in Rothwell and Kettering.
Then last July Den-Drijver, of Reed Avenue, Desborough, was once again being caught driving while disqualified and with no insurance in Carina Way, Kettering. He was imprisoned for 12 weeks.
In June this year he was made the subject of a second domestic violence protection order.
But he has now been imprisoned again, this time for eight months after assaulting a woman and a girl in Desborough in September.
He went before Northampton Magistrates to admit one count of common assault and one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was imprisoned.
A restraining order was made banning him from going to their address for two years, or from contacting either of them.
On his release, after serving half of his sentence behind bars, he will also have to pay costs of £85.