Overview
- He was deported to Lithuania on Monday after serving about three years of a 10½-year sentence for causing three deaths by dangerous driving.
- Prisons Minister Lord Timpson told the family’s MP he could not intervene in operational decisions and defended the scheme used to remove foreign national offenders early.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer had said the case would be looked into after it was raised at Prime Minister’s Questions, but the deportation proceeded within days.
- Survivor Summer Mace, who lost her mother, stepfather and sister, condemned the decision as unjust and said public confidence in sentencing was being undermined.
- Court evidence showed Cielevicius drove through red lights at roughly 96mph and was heavily drug‑impaired when he crashed head‑on on the A47 near King’s Lynn in January 2023.