Mother-to-be lost her unborn baby at 23 weeks when disqualified driver crashed into her as she walked her dog: Motorist is jailed for just three years as victim reveals her horrific injuries for the first time

21 comments

1. The sentence doesn’t match the effect of the crime
   Motorist knew they were disqualified, they were disqualified for a reason. He/she should be responsible for his/her actions. His/her deliberate action caused this.

2. Most lenient way to kill someone in this country is with a car.

3. A lorry driver killed my workmates friend in an accident where he indicated late and she went into a blindspot , but he got 4 years.

4. Things like this should be a ban for life from driving and a minimum 10 year prison term.

5. It does depend on what actually happened, but if it was dangerous driving whilst disqualified then, yeah, far too lenient

6. The roads seem so much worse, I’m a cycle commuter and the amount of genuinely dangerous drivers on the road now compared to around 10 years ago is outstanding.

   I don’t know if pass standards have dropped or if it’s just people driving while disqualified or even driving without a license but I’ve seen some absolute nightmares behind the wheel.

7. My dad was killed by a drunk driver and the prick only got jailed for 7 years. This was 40 years ago in the US and it makes me mad as hell that people in this day and age still get light sentences for horrific shit like this.

8. I got off lucky when a speeding car hit me. I was half across the road when she sped into it and just,hit me. I have no idea If she saw me ans thought ah she needs to move or if she was on her phone. But going at least 30 round a corner isn’t responsible driving I don’t think.

   I was lucky enough to have seen her and braced but the impact lives rent free in my head. I had to call an ambulance because she was more concerned about herself. Then she drove off. 12 weeks on and I can still barely walk.

   I’ve no idea If she’ll be allowed to keep her licence. She didn’t try and get me any help, she drove off and didn’t report the accident and even told me not to report her.

   I can’t imagine the agony this poor girls going through. Mine was just a broken shin and it’s looking like months from recovery still. My heart goes out to her. 3 years isn’t enough .

9. He caused a death, why isn’t he being charged as such. He killed that baby, he should be getting a life sentence for it. Absolute joke

10. 3 years and she had injuries and mental trauma for life all because the cunt thought he could do what he likes. should be manslaughter charge. Fuck me you get more time for not paying taxes.

11. This has just made me cry, it’s horrendous. It says in the article that the driver doesn’t even accept any responsibility. I can’t fathom that attitude. He is absolutely vile. It is so upsetting she had to go through the ordeal of birthing her deceased baby because of the actions of this bellend.

    The roads nowadays are filled with drivers under the influence, on their phone, people who don’t indicate, speed and don’t value human life. Driving is a privilege, not a right. Especially where I live in the NW, being a pedestrian is becoming more and more dangerous. I had to cut a walk on a country road short yesterday even though there was a narrow pavement because people in range rovers were driving towards me over 50 mph around bends with absolutely no care or attention.

    Every pavement has parked cars and the air where I live is so thick with pollution. I sit in my garden and all I hear is traffic. I genuinely believe you should have to pass a test every 5 years, it would reduce the amount of cars on the road and humble overconfident drivers.

12. Driving offences in this country are always leniently punished. Just watch a few episodes of Police Interceptors or Traffic Cops. There will be some long, dangerous police chase, where the perpetrator is flying at 100mph down side roads, down back streets, through hedges, over roundabouts and on the opposite side of the road. There will be several moments where they narrowly avoid hitting children and women with prams. Eventually, they’ll spin out and crash into a house, get out and leg it before eventually getting caught.

    Then then caption will read: “Driving while disqualified. Driving without Insurance. Dangerous Driving. Drink and drug driving…

    .. banned from driving for 12 months and given a £100 fine”.

    No wonder these joy riders try to get away. They have literally nothing to lose trying.

13. The sentence would be related to the facts around the incident not the fact that they were driving without a licence.

    That is a separate issue

14. Causing serious injuries to someone but the courts can only slap you on the wrist because you are in a car is ridiculous…

    And I see people asking for a murder charge that isn’t possible because a baby in the womb is unfortunately not protected in that way. I think if someone hurts a mother and the babies dies as result then you should be punished for that much greater than 3 years.

15. Drivers gunna drive. We need to keep them away from residential areas completely. Their behaviour is disgusting.

16. The sadness I have for the victims in these situation keeps me up at night at the moment.

    Why are crimes considered less serious by the court system if a car was used? It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

17. Nope he/she are perfectly acceptable. You’ll find it in a million legal documents.

18. Prison is about rehabilitation, or so they say.

    Where is the rehabilitation for this woman, who has lost her child? She has a lifetime of grief, the scumbag who drove into her, will be let out with good behaviour, ready to get back on with his life.

    The purpose of prison is punishment, and sentences should reflect that.

19. That’s a lenient sentence.

    It’s bizarre that motoring offences seem to carry lighter sentences than if that offence was committed without a motor vehicle.

    Someone from my school got 6 months (served 3) for killing his friend, who was a passenger in his car, because he was driving like a moron.

    His actions were directly responsible for killing someone. 3 months.

20. Driving is one of those things which, the longer you think about it, the crazier it seems.

    Anyone can pilot a tonne (or more) of metal, glass and plastic anywhere they like, at speeds and in a manner which only they control – and this is the developed world’s default mode of transport, despite what we know about human nature and how little we trust each other, and the obvious dangers that arise as a consequence. (That’s before we even get to the pollution.) I feel like we could’ve figured out a better system.

    I expect that most of us, every day, see people breaking the law on the road without consequences; casually ignoring the responsibility they have to others. Like the sports car driver who ran a red and nearly hit me on a crossing *in front of two police officers who refused to pull him over*.

    So tired of it.

21. This is genuinely disgusting.

    I read it before and it’s so true. “If you want to kill someone and serve the least amount of time, kill them with a car”