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| Hit-and-run child killer detained | Hit-and-run child killer detained |
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| A driver who fled the scene after mounting the pavement and killing an 11-year-old boy has been detained indefinitely in hospital. | A driver who fled the scene after mounting the pavement and killing an 11-year-old boy has been detained indefinitely in hospital. |
| Hannah Saaf, 28, of St Michael's Hill in Kingsdown, Bristol, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Bristol Crown Court in September. | Hannah Saaf, 28, of St Michael's Hill in Kingsdown, Bristol, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Bristol Crown Court in September. |
| Sam Riddall was killed in May as he walked along a pavement in Westbury-on-Trym on his way home from a church. | Sam Riddall was killed in May as he walked along a pavement in Westbury-on-Trym on his way home from a church. |
| Saaf went on the run for nine days, sparking a huge police manhunt. | Saaf went on the run for nine days, sparking a huge police manhunt. |
| The Bristol University law graduate had been travelling at at least 61mph (98km/h) in a 30mph zone. | |
| Sentencing Saaf, Judge Simon Darwall-Smith said: "You were clearly under the influence of cannabis, and you were doing so while driving twice the speed limit allowed. | |
| "Finally, you left the scene having killed the victim. | |
| "There's no sentence a court can pass that will ever compensate for a tragic loss such as this." | |
| Hannah Saaf was on the run for nine days | Hannah Saaf was on the run for nine days |
| He said were it not for Saaf's mental state she would have faced "a very substantial custodial sentence". | |
| Saaf, a mother-of-two, received an indefinite hospital order under the Mental Health Act, as well as a restriction order. | |
| The court heard Saaf had developed mental health problems after she began smoking cannabis. | The court heard Saaf had developed mental health problems after she began smoking cannabis. |
| Speaking outside the court, Sam's father Martin Riddall said: "In four days time we celebrate Christmas - the first Christmas without our Sam. | Speaking outside the court, Sam's father Martin Riddall said: "In four days time we celebrate Christmas - the first Christmas without our Sam. |
| "It's going to be very hard indeed because we still miss him very much." | "It's going to be very hard indeed because we still miss him very much." |
| The devout Christian added he would ask God to forgive Saaf for her "terrible" act. | The devout Christian added he would ask God to forgive Saaf for her "terrible" act. |
| Police said while trying to evade the hugely publicised search, Saaf only slept in a bed once. | Police said while trying to evade the hugely publicised search, Saaf only slept in a bed once. |
| Eleven-year-old Sam Riddall was killed while walking home from church | Eleven-year-old Sam Riddall was killed while walking home from church |
| After the fatal crash on Eastfield Road, Saaf was spotted in St Paul's, Lodge Causeway, Fishponds and Keynsham. | After the fatal crash on Eastfield Road, Saaf was spotted in St Paul's, Lodge Causeway, Fishponds and Keynsham. |
| CCTV footage showed Saaf in Keynsham, near Bristol, on 4 May. | CCTV footage showed Saaf in Keynsham, near Bristol, on 4 May. |
| It was when a farmer found her sleeping rough in a tractor shed at Pensford, about two miles south of Bristol, that the search came to an end. | It was when a farmer found her sleeping rough in a tractor shed at Pensford, about two miles south of Bristol, that the search came to an end. |
| The farmer's 999 call on 10 May started a dramatic police hunt involving a helicopter, dogs, cars and officers, and ended in Saaf's arrest. | The farmer's 999 call on 10 May started a dramatic police hunt involving a helicopter, dogs, cars and officers, and ended in Saaf's arrest. |
| In a statement handed to police, Saaf said: "Since I've had the accident I've been alone and very scared. | |
| "I'm deeply upset with the loss of Sam's life, as a mother myself I feel greatly for his parents. | |
| "I feel deep remorse and am very sorry for what has happened." | |
| In full, Saaf pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, driving not in accordance with a licence, failing to stop at an accident, failing to report an accident and driving without insurance. | |
| She was also banned from driving for five years. |