Arrogant youth should pay for crippling Cerys.Byline: Maureen Messent THE High Court has awarded an interim pounds 800,000 to the family of little Cerys Edwards, who suffered catastrophic injuries in a car crash. Cerys will never walk or talk again - but the 21-year-old man who caused her injuries, Antonio Boparan Singh, could be charged only with dangerous driving and was sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. , which means he could be out by Christmas. Significantly, this arrogant youth was caught speeding again two months after the crash. The Singh family are multi-millionaires. They live on a local millionaires' row in Little Aston Coordinates: Little Aston is an affluent area of the district of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, being one of Lichfield's electoral wards, but is separated from the city of Lichfield by open country. . Why have they not made a huge donation in reparation Compensation for an injury; redress for a wrong inflicted. The losing countries in a war often must pay damages to the victors for the economic harm that the losing countries inflicted during wartime. These damages are commonly called military reparations. for their foolish son's conduct? Relying on insurers to stump up to pay cash. - Halliwell. See also: Stump the money for the lifetime of care that Cerys will need, isn't good enough. Both Boparan and his parents have apologised, paid lip service to the Edwards family with words like "words cannot express" and "working hard to encourage insurers to reach a speedy settlement". That's not enough. While Boparan will enjoy his life in years to come, Cerys will need nursing round the clock. Why hasn't the Singhs visited the Edwards and made a massive financial gift? No matter what the law says, we need to see repentance here. I would expect nothing less than that young man's working in the Third World for two or three years after his release. But I can't see that happening, can you? CAPTION(S): JAILED... Antonio Boparan Singh.; CERYS EDWARDS. |
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