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| Michael Junior jailed over Handsworth sisters death crash | Michael Junior jailed over Handsworth sisters death crash |
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| A driver who knocked down and killed two young sisters has been sentenced to four years in prison. | A driver who knocked down and killed two young sisters has been sentenced to four years in prison. |
| Shelly Wu, six, and Lily Wu, seven, were hit by Michael Junior in Handsworth, Birmingham, last June. | Shelly Wu, six, and Lily Wu, seven, were hit by Michael Junior in Handsworth, Birmingham, last June. |
| Junior, 35, had admitted two charges of causing death by dangerous driving and three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. | Junior, 35, had admitted two charges of causing death by dangerous driving and three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. |
| Judge Murray Creed said he had ended two young children's lives and injured three others. | Judge Murray Creed said he had ended two young children's lives and injured three others. |
| He had also caused "significant psychological trauma" to the children's mother, the judge said. | He had also caused "significant psychological trauma" to the children's mother, the judge said. |
| More on this story and others Birmingham and Black Country | More on this story and others Birmingham and Black Country |
| Prosecuting, Gareth Walters told Birmingham Crown Court that Junior's speed was an estimated 47mph (75km/h) when he struck the family on Grove Lane. | |
| Two of the four children survived but Lily and Shelly suffered fatal head injuries. | |
| In mitigation, Timothy Harrington said Junior, of Copthall Road, Handsworth, wished to apologise to the Wu family but asked the judge to regard the incident as a "one-off", a single moment of bad driving. | |
| Junior was also disqualified from driving for five years. | |
| The sisters both attended Wilkes Green Primary School in Handsworth. The school has said it is raising money to create a peace garden in their memory. |