Driver, 23, who was 'grossly distracted' by texting monkey and thumbs up emojis on her phone when she killed a nurse in a 衝突，墜落 is 刑務所，拘置所d for six months

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A young driver killed a 'bubbly and 去っていく／社交的な' innocent 運転者 when she became distracted by sending cheeky monkey 直面するs and love heart emojis, a 法廷，裁判所 heard.

Gemma Evans was （刑事）被告 of using Facebook and Whatsapp to send messages while 運動ing in the dark at 50mph.

The 23-year-old has been 刑務所，拘置所d for six months after her 黒人／ボイコット 小型の swerved across a road, 粉砕するing into 58-year-old mother-of-two Diane Price, who was killed 即時に.

Gemma Evans (pictured) looked solemn as she arrived at Merthyr 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所

Evans had （人命などを）奪う，主張するd her 動きやすい phone was in the cup 支えるもの／所有者 and that she didn't use it during her 旅行 through Breacon, むちの跡s.

However, police 設立する cheeky monkey, love heart and thumbs up emojis on messages sent and received by her 動きやすい phone.

にもかかわらず this, a 陪審／陪審員団 at Merthyr Tydfil 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 （疑いを）晴らすd her of 原因（となる）ing death by dangerous 運動ing after 審理，公聴会 it was impossible to know whether Evans was 静止している or 運動ing at the time they were sent.

Evans, who 作品 in the 農業の 産業, 認める 原因（となる）ing death by careless 運動ing and was 刑務所，拘置所d for six months and banned from 運動ing for three years.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard the 動きやすい phone was an 'obvious factor' in the 致命的な 衝突，墜落 at 7.30am on 9 December 2016.?

裁判官 Patrick Curran said: 'The 陪審／陪審員団 may have thought it a reasonable 可能性 that she was distracted by the light coming on when a message （機の）カム through and that 原因（となる）d the swerve.

23-year-old Gemma Evans （人命などを）奪う，主張するd she had put her phone in the car's cup 支えるもの／所有者

'It's another illustration as to why people at all when they are in a モーター 乗り物 should not have 動きやすい phones switched on.

'The 可能性のある for appalling 事故s such as these is obvious.'

He told Evans: 'The phone distracted you so much that you left your own carriageway and drove into another car.

'But I can give you a 最小限 宣告，判決 of six months because you are remorseful and a hardworking young woman.'

Evans had been 運動ing to work at 7.30am on Friday 9 December 2016 while Mrs Price was coming the other way after spending the night caring for her 年輩の father.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard how auxiliary nurse Mrs Price, of Brecon, was 予定 to go Christmas shopping with a friend later that day.

Gemma Evans drove into Diane Price (pictured) who was 即時に killed, her husband 述べるd her as the 'heart of the family'

She was 述べるd as a 'bubbly and 去っていく／社交的な' woman who was at the heart of her family and had 11 grandchildren and a 広大な／多数の／重要な grandchild.

In a 犠牲者 衝撃 声明 her husband of 25 years Anthony said: 'We cry every day, we are so 傷つける that Diane has been taken from us.

'I am so lonely, I keep 推定する／予想するing her to walk through the door. I can't understand why it happened, she was only two miles from home on a straight piece of road.

'I can't 許す and I want 司法（官） for Diane.'

Sergeant Ian Price, 上級の 調査／捜査するing officer, said: 'Let there be no mistake in that the lesser 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of 原因（となる）ing death by careless 運動ing is a serious 事柄 and through the inattention of Gemma Evans that day, the life of Diana Price was needlessly taken away, leaving a family without a daughter, wife, sister and mother.

Gemma was 'grossly distracted' by her 動きやすい phone and was texting cheeky monkey emojis?

'Using a 手渡す-held 動きやすい phone when 運動ing is, in itself, an unlawful 行為／法令／行動する.

'The fact that 行方不明になる Evans was avoidably distracted by her 動きやすい phone when she lost 支配（する）／統制する of her car, resulting in the death of Mrs Price 強調s the importance of switching your 動きやすい phone off at the start of your 旅行.

'研究 has shown that looking at your phone - even for just a second or two - while 運動ing produces the same level of distraction as drunk 運動ing.

'It is a sad reflection that many in society do not see this 罪，犯罪 as socially 容認できない, and it 関心s me as a police officer that more and more people are 支払う／賃金ing the ultimate sacrifice 予定 to the obsessive 中毒 within society to their 動きやすい phones.

'Our thoughts remain with the family of Mrs Price Who have shown a 広大な／多数の／重要な 取引，協定 of dignity through this difficult time.'?

Evans, of Brecon, wiped away 涙／ほころびs as she was led to the 独房s.