Heartbroken husband says he stormed out of court in 'disgust' after drink driver who killed his wife, a taxi driver and young boy in 90mph crash was handed 'lenient' 18-year jail term By Shannon Mcguigan Published: 19:33, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 19:54, 13 August 2024 e-mail View comments A devastated husband admits he stormed out of court in 'disgust' upon hearing the ‘lenient’ sentence for the drink driver who killed his wife, a taxi driver, and a fostered six-year-old boy. Joe-Lewis Tyler downed five pints of lager, four shots of Sambuca, Jagerbombs and took cocaine and cannabis in a Worcester pub before being kicked out for rowdy behaviour then getting behind the wheel of a BMW 3 Series. The 34-year-old, who was uninsured, drove erratically at high speeds before ploughing into a taxi driven by Courtney Hemmings, 26, who had 'no time to react'.
Mother-of-three Claire Adkins, 39, was also in the car with Leo Painter, who was only weeks away from moving back in with his mother, as they travelled back to his foster home. The two women were killed instantly when Tyler ploughed into their car, with little Leo dying in hospital from multiple injuries the following day. Alan Adkins (pictured) admits he stormed out of court in 'disgust' upon hearing the ‘lenient’ sentence for the drink driver who killed his wife, Claire, and two others The father-of-three who had been with Claire Adkins for 23 years and married to her for the last year-and-a-half says he's lost his 'best .