A young man whose dangerous driving killed Falmouth teenager Sophie Taylor last January was today sentenced to 15 months imprisonment.

Coree Lee Ammon, 19, of Longfield, Falmouth, was found guilty by a jury at Truro Crown Court of causing death by dangerous driving, rather than the lesser charge of death by careless driving.

Miss Taylor was killed when Ammon's car, in which she was a passenger, left the road at Pendennis Point while travelling at nearly 50 miles per hour and rolled, in the early hours of January 3, 2016.

The car struck fence posts, a tree branch three metres from the ground, and a granite post hit the rear offside door near where Miss Taylor sat.

She was later pronounced dead at the scene.

In an impact statement read out to the court, Miss Taylor's mother Claire said she had been a "clever, caring" young woman and a "loyal devoted daughter, sister and friend," full of "hopes and dreams for her future," including becoming a paramedic or a nurse.

She described her own pain as a "living nightmare" with "feelings of loss beyond measure," which were shared by her family.

In an additional statement prepared today, she said: "Our loss is irrevocable, and any sentence is incomparable to the sorrow our family feels.

"Sophie was a very compassionate young woman and she wouldn't wish Coree to endure a long sentence."

She added that her family wouldn't gain any comfort from Ammon's family having to suffer "the pain we do."

Judge Simon Carr, passing sentence, said nothing he could do "can begin to bring to an end" the grief and loss of Miss Taylor's family, and from what he knew she had been an "extraordinary young lady with her whole life in front of her."

He also described the case as tragic "for all involved."

He recognised Ammon's previous good character, but that previous evidence suggested he had showed off, and that he thought access to a car could help him "buy friendship" as he found it "hard" to make friends.

He said Ammon "reached speeds of up to 48 miles per hour" as a way of "showing off or impressing the two young girls you were with.

"I have no doubt that on at least two occasions Aimee told you to slow down... but that was over a very short journey."

Mr Carr weighed Ammon's previous good character, and the fact he suffers from a life limiting genetic condition, as well as his lack of a guilty plea.

He sentenced Ammon to 15 months imprisonment, and banned him from driving for two years, to start with effect from when he is set free.