A DRIVER who killed a 13-year-old boy in a crash involving a £1.2million Ferrari has been jailed for 18 months.
Businessman Matthew Cobden was sentenced at a hearing at Winchester Crown Court following the death of teenager Alexander Worth.
The court heard that Cobden, 39, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, took the 13-year-old "for a spin" on August 22, but "accelerated uncontrollably" and flipped the car.
Both he and Alexander, who were not wearing seatbelts, were thrown from the car.
Cobden denied causing death by careless driving, saying the car had a mechanical defect, but was convicted after trial at Winchester Crown Court on a majority verdict of 10 to 2.
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