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| Mum haunted by Kidderminster daughter's death as Shawbury driver jailed | |
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| Lily-May Vaughan was a passenger in the car driven by Logan Addison when it crashed in 2023 | Lily-May Vaughan was a passenger in the car driven by Logan Addison when it crashed in 2023 |
| A mother has told a court she will be always be "haunted" by her teenage daughter's death as her boyfriend was jailed for five and a half years for causing the death in a crash. | A mother has told a court she will be always be "haunted" by her teenage daughter's death as her boyfriend was jailed for five and a half years for causing the death in a crash. |
| Lily-May Vaughan, 17, from Kidderminster, was the passenger in a car driven by Logan Addison, 20, when it came off the road near Shawbury Heath in Shropshire on 4 February 2023. | Lily-May Vaughan, 17, from Kidderminster, was the passenger in a car driven by Logan Addison, 20, when it came off the road near Shawbury Heath in Shropshire on 4 February 2023. |
| In passing sentence at Shrewsbury Crown Court, Judge Deni Matthews said: "The people of this county need protection [from Addison]". | In passing sentence at Shrewsbury Crown Court, Judge Deni Matthews said: "The people of this county need protection [from Addison]". |
| Earlier Ms Vaughan's mother, Leanne Vaughan, told the court: "My whole world fell apart. It felt as if the ground beneath me vanished. I collapsed, the weight of it all crushing me." | Earlier Ms Vaughan's mother, Leanne Vaughan, told the court: "My whole world fell apart. It felt as if the ground beneath me vanished. I collapsed, the weight of it all crushing me." |
| During the trial, the court heard Lily-May died at the scene of the crash after the car driven by Addison, who was 17 at the time, hit an electricity pole and flipped on to its roof. | |
| One eye witness said she had seen his car pass in a "flash of a blur" and an investigator at the scene after the crash said she believed he had been travelling at more than the 60mph (96kph) speed limit on the country lane. | One eye witness said she had seen his car pass in a "flash of a blur" and an investigator at the scene after the crash said she believed he had been travelling at more than the 60mph (96kph) speed limit on the country lane. |
| Addressing him on Friday after he was previously found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, Judge Matthews said: "No-one can truly know how fast you were going but you were in excess of the speed limit." | Addressing him on Friday after he was previously found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, Judge Matthews said: "No-one can truly know how fast you were going but you were in excess of the speed limit." |
| Leanne Vaughan said: "I am heartbroken that Mr Addison had so little respect for my daughter that he drove dangerously." | Leanne Vaughan said: "I am heartbroken that Mr Addison had so little respect for my daughter that he drove dangerously." |
| Logan Addison was breaking the speed limit at the time of the crash, the judge said | Logan Addison was breaking the speed limit at the time of the crash, the judge said |
| In her statement to the court, she added that her daughter was "a remarkable young lady who was so full of life, positive energy and happiness". | In her statement to the court, she added that her daughter was "a remarkable young lady who was so full of life, positive energy and happiness". |
| She said when she received the news about the crash ""I screamed – a wild, frantic animal cry – for an hour" and Lily-May's death had "quite simply ruined" her life. | She said when she received the news about the crash ""I screamed – a wild, frantic animal cry – for an hour" and Lily-May's death had "quite simply ruined" her life. |
| "I will always be haunted by the fact that I was not there to hold Lily while she passed," she said. | "I will always be haunted by the fact that I was not there to hold Lily while she passed," she said. |
| The primary school teacher added: "I have retreated from society, struggling to connect with the world outside." | The primary school teacher added: "I have retreated from society, struggling to connect with the world outside." |
| Leanne Vaughan said the loss of her daughter, Lily, "will be a life sentence for me" | Leanne Vaughan said the loss of her daughter, Lily, "will be a life sentence for me" |
| Leanne Vaughan's sister, Janine Newton, told the court: "I remember the fourth of February like it was yesterday." | Leanne Vaughan's sister, Janine Newton, told the court: "I remember the fourth of February like it was yesterday." |
| "I could hear Leanne sobbing and screaming. | "I could hear Leanne sobbing and screaming. |
| "It wasn't a normal cry, it was something I'd never heard before and it haunts me to this day." | "It wasn't a normal cry, it was something I'd never heard before and it haunts me to this day." |
| Leticia Evans, Lily-May's friend, said she was "the funniest, most entertaining person you'd ever meet". | Leticia Evans, Lily-May's friend, said she was "the funniest, most entertaining person you'd ever meet". |
| "The thought that someone could do something to our best friend doesn't feel real," she added. | "The thought that someone could do something to our best friend doesn't feel real," she added. |
| Friends and family spoke in court about their shock at losing Lily-May | |
| After the trial, it emerged from police that in the 13 months following the fatal crash, until Addison was arrested for it, he was prosecuted for several other driving offences. | |
| They included driving without due care and attention, driving without insurance and using a motor vehicle in a dangerous condition. | |
| In April 2023 he was disqualified from driving and, less than a month later, he was caught driving while disqualified and magistrates gave him an eight-week suspended sentence, West Mercia Police said. | |
| "He paid no regard to the fact that he'd be involved in a fatal collision and Lily-May had lost her life and he continued to drive dangerously," Ch Insp Julian Smith added. | |
| Ms Vaughan spoke of the audacity of his later offending and said it was "utterly disrespectful that Mr Addison has shown no remorse". | |
| Lily-May's friend, Ms Evans, said she had been "terrified" when she was in the car with him and added: "He doesn't care that he killed his girlfriend." | |
| Addison, of Hazels Road in Shawbury, was also banned from driving for eight years, to start after his release from prison. | |
| Ch Insp Julian Smith said, just weeks after Lily-May's death, police became aware of social media footage of him driving dangerously | |
| Mrs Vaughan told the BBC her daughter had been "her whole world" but there had been nothing she could do to protect her. | |
| She said she hoped other parents would hear the story and feel "empowered" to warn their children about getting into a car with an inexperienced driver. | |
| "It's been my mission to make parents have that conversation," she said, while adding she also wanted to educate young people. | |
| "Let's empower them, let's share these statistics with them. I want them to learn from Lily, do it for Lily and just say no," she added. | |
| "If you know that your friend's only just passed their test, don't get in the car with them." | |
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