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Boy racer Shaun Goldstraw was bragging about his souped-up car on social media hours before he killed a couple in a head-on smash as he tore around North Wales' notorious ' Evo Triangle '.

Goldstraw, who was sentenced to eight years today over the death of Tracy Haley and Darren Lowe, took a photo of his Renault Clio in a retail park car park, where he had met up with other 'petrol heads' ahead of a journey to North Wales, where they would film themselves speeding around the circuit at high speeds.

Bragging he 'still had the dirtiest car at the meet', he said: "Waiting on a few more, and then we convoy up the Evo Triangle'.

Within a matter of hours Ms Haley was dead and both Mr Lowe and Goldstraw were in hospital in comas. Mr Lowe died in March last year, having never recovered from the February 27, 2016 crash.

(Image: Robert Parry-Jones)

Goldstraw, 22, smashed into the couple's Mercedes at speeds of up to 107mph. He had been driving laps around the three roads that comprise the so-called Evo Triangle, including the A543 where the crash happened.

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He was seen by witnesses to be dangerously out of control moments before the impact, and had been on the wrong side of the road when he smashed into the couple's car.

Today, as he was sent to eight years for causing death by dangerous driving, Judge Niclas Parry told him he had been 'out of control'.

He said: "You travelled for the sole purpose of using the roads of North Wales as a racetrack. This process involved you driving along three single track roads in the shape of a triangle. Your groups driving activities involved testing your vehicles. A photographer would film these activities. The footage take would be published on social media. You drove three time around this circuit as citing laps, a term used by racing drivers.

"You drove these three citing laps in one direction. You were excited at driving in an anti-clockwise direction. On that drive you were observed to be driving too fast on the bends and on the straights. You reached speeds of 103-107 mile per hour.

"Because you were travelling out of control, your vehicle slid into the opposite carriageway.

"You're driving immediately before the collision was such that one witness was heard to shout about you 'What is he doing?'

"Your victims had not time to do anything whatsoever. It was avoidable and entirely caused by your excessive speed.

"It's the most serious example of causing death by dangerous driving."