Just after receiving the official warning, Ahmed picked up two passengers in his Toyota Prius cab and was driving at 53mph in a 40mph limit in Cheltenham when he hit Mr Beames on Lansdown Road.
On sentencing at Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Rupert Lowe told Ahmed: “I characterise the dangerous driving came from a gross arrogance on your part, meaning you felt you could speed when you wanted to.”
Jessica Beames, Mr Beames’ partner, said since his death there was an “emptiness, a cavernous void” inside her that has grown bigger over time.
She explained that she changed her name by deed poll to Beames and had been unable to work as a frontline paramedic since the night of his death.
Ms Beames said: “There was a shift in my soul. His death killed me too.
“Physically I’m here but a part of me died with him that day.”
She said she had been unable to explain to her six-year-old son why Mr Beames died.
“Whatever the outcome of this, there is no justice. His family and friends have received a life sentence,” Ms Beames added.
