Ion Onut, 41, was trawling for "casual sexual partners" for about 40 minutes while he drove on the A1.

The driver smashed into and killed Paul Mullen, 51, and couple Elaine Sullivan, 59, and David Daglish, 57, as they queued in traffic.

The truck driver who killed three people while watching porn gives a tearful apology

Two other women one of whom was pregnant were also seriously hurt.

He was jailed for eight years and 10 months at Durham Crown Court after admitting three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

He has now issued an apology from prison as part of a BBC documentary titled Deadly Browsing: The Lorry Driver.

Onut said it was a "really bad choice" to be on the phone. Reading from his phone, he said;

"There's a million things I could tell people.

"I want to apologise.