Overview
- At Liverpool Crown Court on January 8, Steven Naylor admitted causing death by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice, and Lisa Naylor admitted perverting the course of justice.
- The Merseyside Police Serious Collision Investigations Unit gathered hundreds of hours of CCTV, mobile footage and records showing Steven Naylor playing rugby, kayaking, dancing and traveling, undermining claims he was unfit to be prosecuted.
- Prosecutors told the court Naylor drove behind 23-year-old motorcyclist Owen Baugh at about 120mph, flashing headlights to clear traffic, before striking his bike on the M62 near Huyton on April 25, 2021.
- Attending officers reported a strong smell of alcohol from Naylor, and magistrates had earlier acquitted him in July 2023 of failing to provide a blood specimen based on psychiatric evidence presented at the time.
- Baugh’s family said their lives had come to a devastating stop since his death and thanked emergency services and Merseyside Police for securing justice.