CALL THIS JUSTICE? Rich kid driver who destroyed tot's life will be out in 10 MONTHS.Byline: BY GREIG BOX TURNBULL THE parents of a baby left brain damaged after a speeding driver crashed into them hit out yesterday as he was jailed for just 21 months. Wealthy Antonio Singh Boparan, 21, will serve less than half of his sentence for dangerous driving. He is likely to be free before Cerys Edwards, two, unable to walk or talk and on a ventilator, leaves hospital. Her dad Gareth said yesterday: "He has ruined our lives. He should have been facing up to 14 years, the same penalty as causing death by dangerous driving In English criminal law, the offence of causing death by dangerous driving is currently defined by the Road Traffic Act 1991 but, following Adomako (1995) 1 AC 171, the offence of motor manslaughter may now be the preferred charge. ." His wife Tracey said: "He has taken away our daughter. His solicitors have refused to pay for a house and adaptations so that Cerys can come home." They have launched a court bid for an pounds 1million interim compensation. Tracey and Cerys have to stay at a rehab unit in Surrey 100 miles from home as insurers have refused to pay out because no one knows how long Cerys might live. Boparan, whose family are worth pounds 130million, was doing 70mph in a 30mph zone in Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield, city (1991 pop. 102,572), Birmingham metropolitan district, central England. The city is a residential suburb of Birmingham with a metal products industry and a large television transmitting station. , West Midlands, when he hit their Jeep. Judge Frank Chapman Frank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864 – November 15, 1945) was a U.S. ornithologist. Chapman was born in West Englewood, New Jersey and attended Englewood Academy. He joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History in 1888 as assistant to Joel Asaph Allen. told him at Birmingham crown court: "I am taking away a small part of your life but it is a fraction of what you have done to Cerys." CAPTION(S): CRIPPLED Cerys Edwards and, right, Boparan |
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