A BID to review the sentence of a man who blacked out and caused a fatal collision has been rejected after it was ruled it was not eligible.

Thomas Treadwell, 32, admitted causing death by careless driving and was sentenced to one year imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Ipswich Crown Court in March.

He was also disqualified from driving for ten years.

Aironas Gzimaila was killed in March 2018 when his Ford Fiesta was struck by a car driven by Treadwell, who is a diabetic, which had swerved on to the wrong side of the A120 between Ramsey and Parkeston.

The court heard Treadwell’s blood sugar levels had fallen perilously low in the build-up to the incident, causing him to experience a hypoglycemic episode.

Richard Kelly, prosecuting, said Treadwell had “mismanaged” his condition for more than a decade and chanced his arm before the incident, having had his driving licence revoked previously due to concerns about his “carelessness” towards his condition in both 2010 and 2016.

An appeal was launched to review sentence by a member of the public under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

The Government initiative allows people to raise concerns about punishments handed out to offenders convicted of certain offences – including serious violence.

Only one person needs to lodge an application to the scheme in order for the sentence to be considered.

However, after being considered by the Attorney General’s office, it has been found the crime was not eligible for review.

While death by dangerous driving is covered by the unduly lenient sentence scheme, death by careless driving is not.

The court heard Treadwell should have tested his blood sugar levels at 7.30pm, having already been driving for two hours.

James Thacker, mitigating, insisted Treadwell was remorseful and since the incident, had installed an inbuilt blood sugar monitor.

Treadwell, formerly of Langdon Hills, Basildon, was also ordered to pay £2,500 in prosecution costs and undertake 250 hours’ unpaid work.

Sentencing him, Judge Martyn Levett said: “This case leaves a family with continued grieving; it brings a lot of pain and harm to the lives of others.

“I can’t sentence you as I think it should be however much I feel aggrieved and want to do so as I am bound by law.”