Double Killer Jailed After 100mph Police Chase Death Crash

Killer On The Road: Karl Maddix

An unlicenced and uninsured L-driver, who crashed into a bridge during a police chase, killing his two passengers, has been locked-up for ten years.

Ex-jailbird Karl Maddix, 31, (pictured) was still on parole from his last sentence when he sped away from police – jumping three red lights – during the late-night 100mph pursuit.

Islington men Shaka Kirnon-Henry, 33, and Gregory Jones, 38, perished after the Audi A3 clipped a van and crashed near the junction of Seven Sisters Road and St. Ann's Road, South Tottenham
at 2am on March 29, last year.

He pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and was also disqualified from driving for twelve years.

The court heard that Islington officers, on a routine patrol in a marked police vehicle, became suspicious of an Audi A3.

The vehicle appeared to make off at speed when they passed it going in the opposite direction – prompting the pursuit, which ended tragically.

Officers gave CPR prior to the arrival of ambulances, but both injured men were pronounced dead at the scene. 



Post-mortems at Haringey Mortuary gave the cause of death for Mr. Kirnon-Henry as multiple head and chest trauma and for Mr. Jones multiple chest trauma. 



The driver of the white van was taken to hospital suffering minor injuries. 



Maddix did not have permission to drive the car, holding only an expired provisional driving licence, had no insurance, was on licence from prison and had previously been banned from driving.

He was in possession of class A drugs and there was stolen property in the vehicle.

Maddix drove the Audi at high speeds in areas where there were pedestrians and other vehicles on the road.

He went through a speed camera at 57 mph on a 30 mph road, having braked heavily beforehand.



Officers estimated that prior to the collision, the Audi was being driven by Maddix at over 100 mph.



Detective Sergeant Cheryl Frost from the MPS Road Death Investigation Unit said:
"Maddix had no licence, he was uninsured and did not have permission to drive the car.

“He drove dangerously at extremely high speeds in urban areas endangering other road users.

“Ultimately his reckless actions caused the death of two young men."