Ex-Latics striker jailed

FORMER Oldham Athletic frontman Jordan Robertson has been jailed for 32 months for killing a father-of-five in a car crash on Christmas Day, last year.

The 21-year-old Sheffield United striker was handed the sentence at Leicester Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. He was also banned from driving for five years.

Robertson hit a Ford Galaxy driven by Omar Mohamed on the southbound carriageway of the M1 near Lutterworth in Leicestershire.

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.

Nobody else was injured in the crash.

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 Galaxy.

Born in Sheffield, Robertson joined his home-town club Sheffield United as a trainee but has spent much of his career on loan to various other clubs, including Latics, Torquay United, Northampton Town, Hungarian club Ferencvaros and, most recently, League Two side Bury.

Robertson was on loan at Southampton when the crash happened but joined Latics for a month’s loan in February, 2008. He scored the opening goal in Athletic’s 3-0 victory over Port Vale in March, last year.

A Sheffield United spokesman said: “The club’s thoughts are still primarily with the family of the victim.”