Selby rail crash widow Lee Taylor has spoken of her fury after driver Gary Hart lodged a second appeal.

GNER chef Paul Taylor, 42, was one of ten people killed when Hart fell asleep at the wheel of his Land Rover which ploughed on to the line in front of an InterCity train from Newcastle to London.

The news comes only 24 hours after a report by the Health and Safety Executive ruled a freak chain of events was entirely to blame for the 142mph crash.

Now, families of the victims are facing fresh heartbreak after discovering Hart is launching a New Year plea to overturn his five-year sentence for causing death by dangerous driving.

Earlier this year, a Court of Appeal Judge refused to give Hart, from Strubby, Lincolnshire, leave to appeal, but said he could still take his application to a full hearing before three judges.

Train driver John Weddle, 47, of Throckley, Newcastle, and conductor Raymond Robson, 43, of Whitley Bay, also died in the crash in February last year at Great Heck, North Yorkshire.

Mrs Taylor, 48, from Longbenton, Newcastle, said: "I am shocked and disgusted. He has already lost one appeal but won't accept his guilt.

"While this is going on, it delays the inquests of all the men who died, including Paul."

Hart, 37, was found guilty of ten counts of causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for five years last December.