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'Disgust' at road death sentence | 'Disgust' at road death sentence |
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A woman has said she is "disgusted" by a three year jail term handed to the hit-and-run driver who killed her daughter in Lancashire. | |
Atif Faiz was driving at twice the speed limit when he hit Amanda Bailey in Leeds Road, Nelson. | |
Judge Beverley Lunt, sentencing him at Burnley Crown Court, branded the 23-year-old, who lives in the road where the crash happened, as "despicable". | |
Ms Bailey's mother Joan Smith said a three-year sentence "is not justice". | |
Timothy Brennand, prosecuting, said Faiz's Vauxhall Astra was six seconds behind another car, and that both were going at a "grossly excessive speed". | Timothy Brennand, prosecuting, said Faiz's Vauxhall Astra was six seconds behind another car, and that both were going at a "grossly excessive speed". |
I'd never have left the body in the road - I wouldn't do that to a dog or a cat so I wouldn't do it to a human being Joan Smith, victim's mother | I'd never have left the body in the road - I wouldn't do that to a dog or a cat so I wouldn't do it to a human being Joan Smith, victim's mother |
He said: "Witnesses described the vehicles as accelerating hard. One pedestrian had to take evasive action to avoid being hit." | He said: "Witnesses described the vehicles as accelerating hard. One pedestrian had to take evasive action to avoid being hit." |
Ms Bailey was crossing the street to a garage when the Astra hit her at 60mph in a 30mph zone. She died a short time later. | Ms Bailey was crossing the street to a garage when the Astra hit her at 60mph in a 30mph zone. She died a short time later. |
Faiz, of Leeds Road, Nelson, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in June. | Faiz, of Leeds Road, Nelson, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in June. |
Judge Lunt told him: "If you have any conscience, you should be haunted every day of your life by what you have done and the hurt you have caused." | Judge Lunt told him: "If you have any conscience, you should be haunted every day of your life by what you have done and the hurt you have caused." |
Faiz was branded "despicable" by the judge | Faiz was branded "despicable" by the judge |
The court heard that passenger Mohammed Tehseen Zaman, 19, confessed to two friends that he had been involved in a hit and run. | The court heard that passenger Mohammed Tehseen Zaman, 19, confessed to two friends that he had been involved in a hit and run. |
He was sentenced to 16 months in a young offenders' institution after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice. | He was sentenced to 16 months in a young offenders' institution after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice. |
Mrs Smith, 53, who is now raising her daughter's three children, said: "Three years for a life is not justice." | |
She added: "I'm really disgusted. | |
"I feel sorry for them (the defendants) because if I put myself in their position I think I'd be frightened and panic but I'd never have left the body in the road. | "I feel sorry for them (the defendants) because if I put myself in their position I think I'd be frightened and panic but I'd never have left the body in the road. |
"I wouldn't do that to a dog or a cat so I wouldn't do it to a human being." | "I wouldn't do that to a dog or a cat so I wouldn't do it to a human being." |
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