Joyrider Gary Wibley killed another teenager last year in a high-speed crash in Ditchling Road, Brighton, when he was drunk and driving far too fast.
He hung his head in his hands at Hove Crown Court when a jury found him guilty yesterday at Hove Crown Court after a three-week trial.
But Wibley followed his terrible crime by lying consistently about what happened all the way through the trial.
The crime he committed was shocking. If he had shown the slightest bit of remorse, relatives of the victim might have felt a scintilla of sympathy for him.
Instead they feel nothing but contempt for someone who not only caused someone else's death but also tried to pin the blame on a friend.
The judge has no alternative but to impose a long prison sentence on Whibley after receiving reports.
He will then pay the penalty for his terrible folly and the roads of Brighton will be far safer without him on them.
It was a sad day for the Masefield-Baker family of Ovingdean when its dairy herd was sold at auction.
There has been dairy farming at Bulstrode Farm for more than 100 years and the Masefield-Bakers have been there since 1945.
But there's no way in which a family business can compete with huge dairy concerns elsewhere in this labour-intensive rural industry.
After years of plenty, farmers all over Sussex are suffering in a similar way through a combination of factors including the strong pound and changes in practices.
The Masefield-Bakers are resourceful and adaptable enough to survive by changing their methods, so they will continue at Ovingdean.
But the message to many other farmers is that they have to be flexible or risk going out of business.
The Government should also take note of the collapsing dairy trade in Britain - until recently one of its big successes - and see whether it can offer any aid.
Fergus Veitch took revenge on Brighton and Hove Council when he didn't like its moves against traders on the prom below the West Pier.
The electronics designer, who feels the authority goes in for spin doctoring in its civic newspaper, has launched his own spoof website.
It features stories about seafront issues and has a picture of the Pavilion with a spinning dome on it.
Fergus may find his own spin has the council stumped for a reply.
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