A drink driver has been jailed for killing a father-to-be teen after his borrowed VW Golf plunged into a sewage treatment pit.

Jamie Bouncer, 22, took the car for a drive with passenger Taylor Lupton and the car’s owner during the early hours of January 12, last year.

He had borrowed the vehicle from from an address in Castleford, West Yorkshire, where he had been at an after party on a night out.

Moments after setting out, Bouncer, who only held a provisional driving licence, crashed the car through a fence on Wheldon Road.

The VW Golf came to rest in a disused water treatment tank and Mr Lupton, an 18-year-old father-of-two, was thrown from the car.

The vehicle’s 21-year-old owner suffered serious injuries.

Appearing before Leeds Crown Court today, Bouncer, of Hall Street in Pontefract, admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

He also admitted causing death while drink driving, causing death while driving uninsured and causing death while driving without a full licence.

Jamie Bouncer, 22, (pictured) had borrowed the vehicle from from an address in Castleford, West Yorkshire, where he had been at an after party following a night out

Taylor Lupton (pictured) an 18-year-old father-of-two, was thrown from the car. His girlfriend, Megan Carswell, found out 10 days later that she was pregnant with his child

He was jailed for eight years and banned from driving for 10 years and four months.

The court was told that Bouncer had been drinking at a nightclub prior to going to an after party at the home of the car’s owner.

The collision occurred shortly after 5.40am in darkness, with freezing and wet conditions.

Investigators believe Bouncer was driving in excess of the 30mph speed limit for the road.

Bouncer was breath tested over an hour after the collision and found to be over the drink drive limit (57 micrograms of alcohol per 100 ml of breath, compared to the legal limit of 35).

The court heard a Victim Personal Statement from Mr Lupton’s girlfriend, Megan Carswell.

Ms Carswell said: ‘I live with a constant sense of numbness, fear, and disbelief. I still cannot fully process that he is gone and not coming back.

‘Our son will never get chance to meet his daddy, and Taylor will never get chance to meet his son. Our son should be able to grow up and know who his daddy is in real life, but instead he will only know photos, videos, and hear stories about his daddy.

Megan Carswell, Mr Lupton’s girlfriend, said: ‘Taylor also has a daughter who was 11 months old at the time he was killed. He was meant to see her the day he died. She still looks at photos of him and points and says daddy’

Mr Lupton’s mother, Gemma Mason, said in her statement: ‘My whole world came crashing down around me because of the defendant’s careless actions’

‘What hurts even more is that Taylor never even got the chance to know that I was carrying his baby boy. I found out I was pregnant 10 days after he died.

‘Taylor also has a daughter who was 11 months old at the time he was killed. He was meant to see her the day he died. She still looks at photos of him and points and says daddy.

‘Taylor’s future was stolen from him. His chance to watch both his daughter and son grow up was taken away by the defendant. This loss is permanent and will follow me and his children for the rest of our lives.’

Mr Lupton’s mother, Gemma Mason, said in her statement: ‘My whole world came crashing down around me because of the defendant’s careless actions.

‘This moment of stupidity and carelessness has ripped my whole family apart.

‘I cannot put into words how you have made me feel because I can’t, there isn’t enough pages in the world to express how I am feeling right now.’

Speaking after the sentencing, Detective Sergeant Paul Lightowler of West Yorkshire Police’s Major Collision Enquiry Team, said: ‘Bouncer got behind the wheel of a car after drinking alcohol. He wasn’t qualified or insured to drive that car and took it for a drive at excessive speed in wet and freezing conditions.

‘This was a completely avoidable tragedy. A young life has been lost because someone chose to drive while under the influence of alcohol. 

‘Our thoughts are with Taylor’s family, and we urge everyone to understand that getting behind the wheel after drinking carries devastating consequences.’