A KILLER driver who tried to frame the victim after a crash near Bewdley has had his jail sentence increased.

Aaron Guest, from Barn Close, Stourbridge, killed his passenger, Ben Priest, aged 23, when he was speeding, failed to notice a bend on Heightington Road and rolled his car into a field.

At the time of the smash Guest had been drinking and was under the influence of cocaine and two other drugs.

He was also under a suspended jail sentence and had twice been banned from driving, after the crash he moved Mr Priest's body and planted the keys on him in an attempt to make it appear he had been driving.

Guest later admitted a string of offences related to the crash including causing death by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice.

He was jailed in December 2018 for five years and three months but after the solicitor general, Robert Buckland QC MP, referred the case to the Court of Appeal, the term was increased to seven years.

Speaking after the hearing, the solicitor general said: "It was only a matter of time before Guest’s dangerous and irresponsible behaviour caused serious harm.

"Previous restrictions placed upon Guest endeavoured to prevent this, but he continued to flout the law, leading to the tragic death of his passenger Ben Priest.

"Guest proceeded to show further contempt for the law by attempting to frame his victim, and I hope that the Court’s decision today brings some comfort to Ben Priest’s family at this difficult time."