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A reckless driver who binged on alcohol and cocaine has been jailed after his girlfriend died in a horror car crash.

Matthew Jones, 32, his partner Nuria Zamel Casino, 28, and her sister Marina Zamel Casino, had attended a concert in Cardiff the evening before the crash. He drank five pints of lager, and took a considerable amount of cocaine - but despite this woke up early the next day to drive the sister to the airport, as she was due to catch a flight back to Barcelona.

Jones' car mounted the pavement and crashed into a lamppost while on the journey, seriously injuring Nuria, who later died in hospital. Both he and the sister escaped from the crash uninjured, reports Wales Online.

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A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court on Wednesday heard how the Dacia Sandero driven by Jones ended up in the collision on the A in Crumlin, Caerphilly, at around am on January The car was travelling at 29mph when it veered to the nearside, drove onto the pavement and collided with the wooden lamppost.

The impact caused the car to spin 90 degrees in an anticlockwise direction, before coming to rest in the carriageway. Prosecutor John Ryan said: "Mr Jones' driving was clearly without due care and attention and affected by cocaine misuse, alcohol consumption and tiredness."

A police officer who arrived at the scene at am spoke to Mr Jones, who appeared intoxicated. He was described as being "unsteady on his feet, pupils dilated and speech slurred". Nuria, the front seat passenger, was unconscious but making groaning sounds, while her sister Marina and the defendant were uninjured.

She appeared to stop breathing, and the police officer got her out of the car and gave her CPR. Ms Zamel Casino was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, where she was operated upon, and underwent a blood transfusion of 90 units.

It was heard that she had suffered considerable blunt force trauma to her abdomen from the impact of the collision and compression caused by her seat belt, causing lacerations to her liver and spleen. Mr Ryan said: "The blood loss proved catastrophic and she was pronounced dead at am." A cause of death was given as "blunt force injury in consequence of a seatbelt injury".

Jones smelt of alcohol at the scene of the collision, and he admitted he had been drinking. He failed a roadside breath test and a drugs wipe test found traces of cocaine and cannabis in his system. He was taken to Grange University Hospital in the town of Cwmbran to receive treatment for a fractured nose, before being taken into custody

Jones, of Llys Cynon, Hirwaun, Aberdare, pleaded guilty to causing death by driving without due care and attention on the day of his sentencing. The court heard he had one previous conviction for failing to comply with a red light and a caution for battery.

Despite him being responsible for her death, the victim's family said they did not want Jones to be sent to prison and asked the judge to be "kind" to him. In a victim personal statement read to the court, Ms Zamel Casino's father Jose Zamel said: "From a distance we can only express our immense sadness and pain we feel only those who've lost a child can understand, the damage is multiplied and irreparable. I hope the judge will be kind to Matthew Jones, we know with certainty he's a good boy and will have enough punishment with his conscience from those terrible events for the rest of his days."

The court heard Ms Zamel Casino had moved to Wales from Spain and was working as a nurse at the hospital where she died. Mr Zamel continued: "She had a promising future at work, wanted children, bought a house in the country where it always rains and was happy Sending this young man to prison is not what the family wants but only law enforcement can judge him, not us."

In mitigation, Gareth Williams said his client attended Ms Zamel Casino's funeral and has spoken with her family. He said the defendant "feels great guilt" for the death of his "life partner", and was "devastated". The defence barrister added: "A number of bad decisions were made by Mr Jones What he should have done is not take any cocaine or drink."

Sentencing, Judge Daniel Williams said: "The effect upon those who love (the victim) is unimaginable to those who have not gone through that process. Their opinions as to what your sentence should be are not relevant to the court's determination, the courts make that abundantly clear.

"This is a case in which the public interest goes way beyond the views expressed by those who feel so keenly Nuria's loss." Jones was sentenced to a total of four years and four months imprisonment. He was also disqualified from driving for eight years and two months.