It is hardly a surprise that Angela Dublin, the driver involved in the horrific Oxford Eastern Bypass crash, which claimed four lives, has been released from jail.

Provided prisoners behave themselves, they can generally expect to be freed on licence after serving just half their sentence.

She has served a year of her two-year term and should now be allowed to return to as normal a life as is possible in the circumstances.

It will not be easy. Dublin has a terrible burden to carry for the rest of her life - that it was her appalling driving on that fateful night which caused the deaths of three boys in her charge and an innocent motorist who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

She is unlikely to be able to fade easily into the background - her face is too well known following the high-profile court case.

But despite the horror of the incident which she bears sole responsibility for, Dublin does not deserve to be hounded.

The decision to impose conditions on her movements in parts of the city is sensible, more to protect the still-grieving families of the dead boys than Dublin.

There is no suggestion that the bereaved families would do her any harm, but with this terrible tragedy still fresh in everyone's minds, keeping Dublin well away from the people whose lives she devastated is best for all concerned.