Partner of pregnant Hollyoaks star can't grieve her death as he feels 'let down'
16.10.2023 - 10:43
/ ok.co.uk
Calvin Buckley - partner of the late Hollyoaks actress Frankie Jules-Hough who was tragically killed in a car crash in May - has spoken out for the first time over his heartache. Speaking to Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley this morning, Calvin claims that his family have been "let down" by the courts, something that has left him unable to grieve the death of the soap star, who played Jess Holt in the soap.
"They always talk about death by dangerous driving isn't intentional, nobody goes out to do that," he said on the early-morning news show. "But when you're driving at that speed and taking that level of risk, and you're intentionally breaking laws, and risking people's lives, that is just as bad in my opinion.
What else does someone have to do to see it as a life sentence?" Frankie was 18 weeks pregnant with her third child, an unborn daughter that she and Calvin had named Neeve, at the time of her death. Adil Iqbal was driving at a speed of 123mph, with one hand on the wheel and another filming the road ahead, when he crashed into beloved soap star Frankie, later being initially sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Frankie and Calvin's son, nine, and her four-year-old nephew were also injured in the crash. Adil's sentence was soon extended to 15 years after three appeal judges in London concluded that the original sentence was unduly lenient.
Calvin recalled being left "shocked" by the initial sentence that was passed by the courts, and has been left "angry and disappointed" still, with the new sentence only adding a mere three years of jail time. He believes Adil should have received a life sentence, with judges in the UK having been told in 2022 that a life sentence is allowed for those who
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