Taxi driver who ran over and killed father-of-three walks free

A speeding black cab driver who ran over and killed a father-of-three as walked home from his birthday party was jail today (TUES). Christopher Jones, 56, hit Steven John Beard at 40mph as he crossed the road in Rochester Way, Eltham, southeast London, just before 2.30am on 8 November 2015. Jones, a cab driver for 34 years, could have avoided the collision if he hadn’t been speeding through the well-lit 30mph zone – but Mr Beard suffered critical injuries and…