Man Vows Never To Forgive Drunk Driver Who Killed His Wife

A man vowed to never forgive the drunk driver who killed his “soulmate” wife on Aug. 23. Graham Lockett’s wife, Susan Jackson, died after crashing into the vehicle of former soldier Craig Mossop, who was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment this week after admitting to causing the death of the mother of two.

According to police, Craig Mossop admitted that his Land Rover ploughed into Jackson outside a gym in Bolton. CCTV footage of the incident shows Mossop mounting the pavement and striking Jackson at more than 50mph.

Before the crash, the former police tried to negotiate a hairpin bend from Spa Road onto Chorley Street. As his Land Rover struggled to brake, the vehicle overshot the turn and ended up on the wrong side of the road, crashing into another vehicle by seconds. Mossop then accelerated and drove along the pavement until he hit Jackson.

On Monday, Judge Martin Walsh sentenced the 50-year-old former cop and slammed his “prolonged, persistent and deliberate course of very bad driving that resulted in catastrophic consequences.” He also called out Mossop for driving without a license.

In his heartbreaking tribute to his wife, Graham Lockett described Jackson as a well-respected nurse who was loved by everyone. He said he met his wife ten years ago, many years after Jackson’s first husband committed suicide.

“Sue was a wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, and nurse,” said Lockett. “Sue had 30 years of nursing experience and was a specialist nurse treating those with lung cancer. She was well respected by her colleagues and loved by her patients. I now have to live without my soulmate and Sue’s girls have to live without their mother, having already lost their dad. Our lives will never be the same again,” he added.

Lockett went on to lambast Mossop for acting “selfishly and irresponsibly,” saying his prison sentence was insufficient to the sentence they already have as a family and for taking the precious life of his wife. “We will never offer forgiveness to him. He has taken away the most important person in our lives,” he said.