A Kennoway man who admitted falling asleep at the wheel and causing a fatal road accident on the A92 has been spared a jail sentence.
Adam Docherty (28), of Denvale Gardens, was holding down two jobs and helping with the Army cadets when he fell asleep behind the wheel on the A92 Glenrothes to Dundee road in August 2010.
His vehicle crossed over into oncoming traffic where it collided with a car being driven by George Izatt.
Mr Izatt died in the accident while his three passengers were also seriously hurt, as were Docherty, who appeared in court on crutches, and his passenger.
Despite the severity of the accident, Docherty was spared jail when Lord Uist pronounced sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
He told Docherty: “It is probably not going too far to say your life has been shattered by the physical and psychological injuries which you have had to endure since the accident.”
Lord Uist said that in his opinion he had already been punished by what he had had to suffer.
The judge told Docherty at the High Court in Edinbugh that he had accepted full responsibility for the “terrible”event, that he thought about it every day and had shown great remorse.
He said Docherty had fallen asleep “due to lack of proper rest in the proceeding 24 hours”.
Lord Uist said justice did not require that Docherty be sent to prison and placed him on probation for two years.
The judge added: ” I am obliged to disqualify you from driving and I shall therefore do so for a period of three years.”
Docherty was “seriously sleep deprived” when his car crossed to the opposite side of the road and collided with another vehicle killing its driver George Izatt.
Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC told the court that Docherty was “a hardworking and positive member of society”.
But he added: “Regrettably his work ethic played a part in the present offence.”