Mercedes driver was doing 48mph in 20 mph zone when he killed politician’s daughter

A Mercedes driver was travelling at more than double the speed limit when he killed the daughter of an Ecuadorian politician, a court heard. Octavian Cadar, 39, collided with 28-year-old Vanessa Charlotte Sagnay de la Bastida near Wandsworth Bridge causing her to ‘somersault’ over a railing on 16 March 2022. Cadar had just left a McDonald’s restaurant on the way to see his girlfriend and was driving at 48mph in the 20mph zone. He sped towards Ms Sagnay de la…