A man has been jailed for using his mobile phone behind the wheel of an HGV lorry and causing a pile-up on a busy motorway.

Razvan Rusu, 30 (20.01.86) of no fixed address was sentenced to eight months in prison for dangerous driving at Harrow Crown Court.

He was also banned from driving for three years and required to take an extended retest.

Police recovered dash cam footage of the incident from the HGV which clearly showed Rusu using his mobile phone for a distance of two kilometres prior to the crash.