In one video, he told viewers: “Hello I’m Lee Sutherland and I’m based in Glasgow. I almost have eight years of experience of the criminal side of the law, and I am also a criminal defence solicitor as well. I also have experience of road traffic law and the criminal side of the law.
He also posted a video bragging about getting a “client” off a conviction and boasting “there’s a defence for every offence out there”.
During his sentencing hearing at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday, Judge Thomas Hughes said Sutherland “came up with a cock and bull story” about the circumstances of the crash following Ms Allan’s death almost a month later, on July 6 2023.
‘Utterly unacceptable’
Judge Hughes said: “Your attitude was totally and utterly unacceptable. You proceeded to walk away from the area, paying no regard to those you injured and left them to their fate.
“Police officers had to stop you from walking away from the incident. You made derogatory and abusive comments about Ms Allan, you swore at officers, they had to caution you.
“After Ms Allan’s death, officers would have to speak to you and identify who the driver was. You came up with a cock and bull story and told police you had advertised the car for sale, a Romanian man you could not identify took the car for a test drive, and as that was going on, the accident happened.
He added: “You should have been helping the people you caused these problems to. Your conduct made matters worse.”
