A serving detective chief inspector with a history of blackouts who killed a pedestrian after passing out at the wheel has been jailed for three years and seven months.

A serving detective chief inspector with a history of blackouts who killed a pedestrian after passing out at the wheel has been jailed for three years and seven months.

Michael Cooper was driving an unmarked police car - which he treated 'like his own personal vehicle' - when he crashed into 50-year-old James Bane who died from his injuries