CHAMPIONSHIP footballer Jordan Robertson began a 32-month jail sentence today for killing a dad-of-five in a Christmas Day car crash.
The 21-year-old was jailed at Leicester Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
He was also banned from getting behind the wheel for five years.
The Sheffield United striker hit a Ford Galaxy driven by Omar Mohamed on the southbound carriageway of the M1 near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, at about 2.50pm on Christmas Day.
After the crash Mr Mohamed, 38, from Leicester, was airlifted to Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry, but died at 4.15pm on Boxing Day with his wife at his side.
Robertson, of Sheffield, was on loan at Southampton FC when the crash happened.
He later told police he had been trying to change songs on his iPod in the black Mercedes CLC 180 sport car when he ploughed into the father-of-five.
Today a Sheffield United spokesman said: "The club's thoughts are still primarily with the family of the victim at the moment but at the moment it is too early to say anything else."
