A lorry driver's been jailed for 10 years after killing a man while distracted by social media behind the wheel.
Neil Platt crashed into the car of father-of-two Danny Aitchison on the M58 in Skelmersdale in Lancashire in May last year.
The court heard that Platt was persistently looking at his phone during the three-hour journey from Dumfries.
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