Laughing gas crash driver who killed his friends jailed for nine years

Judge at Oxford crown court tells Thomas Johnson, 19, he will be ‘forever defined’ by what happened

A teenager has been jailed for more than nine years for causing the death of three of his friends by dangerous driving after inhaling nitrous oxide.

Thomas Johnson, 19, was travelling at speeds of more than 100mph in June last year when the BMW 3 series he was driving crashed, killing his three passengers.