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| Casper and Corey Platt-May: Father of two boys killed in hit-and-run found dead in hotel room | Casper and Corey Platt-May: Father of two boys killed in hit-and-run found dead in hotel room |
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| The father of two boys killed by a speeding drink-driver in a hit-and-run crash has been found dead at a hotel in Greece. | The father of two boys killed by a speeding drink-driver in a hit-and-run crash has been found dead at a hotel in Greece. |
| Reece Platt-May’s body was discovered on the island of Corfu in the early hours of Thursday. The 30-year-old’s death is not being treated as suspicious, West Midlands Police said. | Reece Platt-May’s body was discovered on the island of Corfu in the early hours of Thursday. The 30-year-old’s death is not being treated as suspicious, West Midlands Police said. |
| Corey Platt-May, six, and his brother Casper, two, died after they were struck by a driver high on cocaine in February. They had been walking to a park near their home in Coventry with their mother, Louise, when they were killed. | Corey Platt-May, six, and his brother Casper, two, died after they were struck by a driver high on cocaine in February. They had been walking to a park near their home in Coventry with their mother, Louise, when they were killed. |
| Robert Brown, 53, was jailed for nine years at Warwick Crown Court last month after admitting causing death by dangerous driving. | |
| He was four times the legal drink-driving limit and had taken cocaine before he mowed down the brothers in a Ford Focus at 61mph in a 30mph zone. | He was four times the legal drink-driving limit and had taken cocaine before he mowed down the brothers in a Ford Focus at 61mph in a 30mph zone. |
| The car struck the boys with such force that Corey was found several metres down the road. Casper had been playing in a red push-along car, which was shattered by the impact. | |
| It later emerged Brown, of Coventry, had more than 30 previous driving convictions and had committed dozens of other offences. | |
| He was disqualified from driving at the time and had been released from prison just six days before the crash, described by judge Andrew Lockhart QC as “horrifying”. | |
| In a statement read in court as Brown was jailed on 27 April, Mr Platt-May said on behalf of his wife: “My heart is broken, and time will never heal this. I will miss them forever. This monstrous act will haunt me. | In a statement read in court as Brown was jailed on 27 April, Mr Platt-May said on behalf of his wife: “My heart is broken, and time will never heal this. I will miss them forever. This monstrous act will haunt me. |
| “Every minute, I picture their faces on the road. The sound of the car hitting them. Their faces will stay with me for the rest of my life.” | “Every minute, I picture their faces on the road. The sound of the car hitting them. Their faces will stay with me for the rest of my life.” |
| She said the couple’s two remaining sons were still suffering nightmares about their brothers’ deaths, which they also witnessed. | She said the couple’s two remaining sons were still suffering nightmares about their brothers’ deaths, which they also witnessed. |
| Speaking on behalf of both parents, the family's solicitor Rebecca Hearsey said: "To watch your children die in front of you is something no parents should have to experience. Our family should have had so many years ahead of us to create a lifetime of memories, but these have all been snatched away." | |
| A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Mr Platt-May was found dead in a hotel room in Corfu, Greece during the early hours of Thursday, 17 May. | A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Mr Platt-May was found dead in a hotel room in Corfu, Greece during the early hours of Thursday, 17 May. |
| “His death is not being treated as suspicious. His family has been notified and the matter will be passed to the coroner. | “His death is not being treated as suspicious. His family has been notified and the matter will be passed to the coroner. |
| “Our condolences go to the family who have asked for the media to respect their privacy at this difficult time.” | “Our condolences go to the family who have asked for the media to respect their privacy at this difficult time.” |
| Brown's passenger, Gwendoline Harrison, admitted assault intending to resist arrest after hitting a bystander who tried to stop the pair fleeing the scene of the crash. | |
| The 42-year-old, also of Coventry, was jailed for six months last month. |