'Boy Racer' Head Teacher Jailed

A head teacher found guilty of dangerous driving after a collision left another driver in a wheelchair, has been jailed for 15 months.

Paul Davies, 51, was said to have driven at 120mph, colliding with a car driven by Kelvin Palmer on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in May 2006.

The judge at Newport Crown Court described Davies has "having the mentality of a boy racer".

The court heard he would lose his job as head of Cwmdare Primary School.

Davies had denied dangerous driving at a trial at Merthyr Crown Court and denied the claim that he had driven at 120mph (200kmph).

At the end of his trial in May, Davies was given an immediate driving ban by Judge Stephen Hopkins, who also told him he had "effectively destroyed" the life of Mr Palmer and his family.

A jury had heard how Davies's Subura Impreza collided head on with Mr Palmer's Ford Fiesta in wet and windy conditions.