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| Anisha Vidal-Garner death: Man jailed after Brixton police chase | Anisha Vidal-Garner death: Man jailed after Brixton police chase |
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| The son of a barrister who killed a woman in a hit-and-run crash during a police chase, throwing her in the air "like a rag doll", has been jailed. | The son of a barrister who killed a woman in a hit-and-run crash during a police chase, throwing her in the air "like a rag doll", has been jailed. |
| Quincy Anyiam hit Anisha Vidal-Garner on Brixton Hill, south London, after accelerating away from officers who had signalled for him to stop. | Quincy Anyiam hit Anisha Vidal-Garner on Brixton Hill, south London, after accelerating away from officers who had signalled for him to stop. |
| The 27-year-old kept driving after striking Ms Vidal-Garner, 20, as she crossed the road in February. | The 27-year-old kept driving after striking Ms Vidal-Garner, 20, as she crossed the road in February. |
| Anyiam, from Surrey, was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey. | Anyiam, from Surrey, was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey. |
| Student Ms Vidal-Garner was pronounced dead at the scene, and Anyiam handed himself into police - but not until two days after the crash, at about 21:45 GMT on 19 February. | |
| Ms Vidal-Garner had got off a bus and was crossing the road with her boyfriend and friend as Anyiam's black Mercedes hit her, the court heard. | Ms Vidal-Garner had got off a bus and was crossing the road with her boyfriend and friend as Anyiam's black Mercedes hit her, the court heard. |
| Prior to the collision, Anyiam had been skipping traffic lights, speeding and at times driving on the wrong side of the road, jurors were told. | Prior to the collision, Anyiam had been skipping traffic lights, speeding and at times driving on the wrong side of the road, jurors were told. |
| He kept driving after the crash before abandoned his damaged car. | He kept driving after the crash before abandoned his damaged car. |
| Mandy Garner, mother of philosophy and Spanish undergraduate Ms Vidal-Garner, said she "adored her daughter and would miss her forever." | Mandy Garner, mother of philosophy and Spanish undergraduate Ms Vidal-Garner, said she "adored her daughter and would miss her forever." |
| "Every day I wake up hoping it has not happened and have to relive that initial feeling of shock and devastation," she said. | "Every day I wake up hoping it has not happened and have to relive that initial feeling of shock and devastation," she said. |
| "Just seeing her face and hearing her voice made the world a better place." | "Just seeing her face and hearing her voice made the world a better place." |
| Anyiam pleaded guilty in March to causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop and dangerous driving. | Anyiam pleaded guilty in March to causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop and dangerous driving. |
| 'Spinning high in the air' | 'Spinning high in the air' |
| As she sentenced him earlier the judge, Wendy Joseph QC, said: "The road would have seemed clear to Anisha and she should have been quite safe from any vehicle travelling within the speed limit of 30mph. | As she sentenced him earlier the judge, Wendy Joseph QC, said: "The road would have seemed clear to Anisha and she should have been quite safe from any vehicle travelling within the speed limit of 30mph. |
| "She crossed the southbound lanes and was moving into the northbound carriageway when she was alerted to a black Mercedes C250 travelling north towards her. | "She crossed the southbound lanes and was moving into the northbound carriageway when she was alerted to a black Mercedes C250 travelling north towards her. |
| "She moved back into the southbound carriageway where she should have been safe but the car swerved across the middle of the road, into the southbound carriageway and struck her. | "She moved back into the southbound carriageway where she should have been safe but the car swerved across the middle of the road, into the southbound carriageway and struck her. |
| "She was catapulted, spinning high up into the air like, as one member of the public said, a rag doll... she had suffered multiple injuries and died at the roadside." | "She was catapulted, spinning high up into the air like, as one member of the public said, a rag doll... she had suffered multiple injuries and died at the roadside." |