{"id":186227,"date":"2023-08-26T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=186227"},"modified":"2023-08-26T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T02:57:58","slug":"heartbroken-mum-tells-drink-driver-who-killed-her-daughter-10-youll-never-know-how-many-lives-you-destroyed-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/heartbroken-mum-tells-drink-driver-who-killed-her-daughter-10-youll-never-know-how-many-lives-you-destroyed-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbroken mum tells drink driver who killed her daughter, 10, 'you'll never know how many lives you destroyed' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MUM whose ten-year-old girl was killed walking to the chippy told the hit-and-run driver in court: "I'll never forgive you".<\/p>\n
Lily Rose Morris was getting her tea with a friend when she was mown down by a Land Rover Discovery in Oldham just a week before Christmas in 2021.<\/p>\n
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Mark Fensome had been drinking vodka before he smashed into the two girls and sped away from the scene.<\/p>\n
Yesterday he was jailed for nine years at Minshull Street Crown Court.<\/p>\n
The court heard a harrowing victim impact statement from Lily\u2019s mum Melanie Hudson, reports Manchester Evening News.<\/p>\n
She told how their \u201clives changed forever\u201d when she was told her daughter has died.<\/p>\n
Melanie wrote: "She had only gone out to the chippy with her friend. How could this happen?<\/p>\n
"The next day I remember waking up and hoping it was all a nightmare and Lily would walk back through the door.<\/p>\n
"Part of me still expects to see her coming back through the door now."<\/p>\n
Fensome had been drinking with colleagues before he mounted the pavement, hit the two girls and knocked down a lamppost.<\/p>\n
<\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He got out, had a look around, then drove away with the lamppost still under his car.<\/p>\n He was arrested at home soon after.<\/p>\n Addressing Fensome, Ms Hudson said: \u201cI will never forgive you. Why did you decide to drive?<\/p>\n "Why didn't you walk? It's literally round the corner. You could have walked.<\/p>\n "You drove back past Lily, got out and looked and didn't stop. I will never understand why.<\/p>\n "My daughter was on the pavement where she should have been safe."<\/p>\n She added: "I can't put into words how I feel about you.<\/p>\n "We don't know you and yet you're always going to be a part of our story, part of our lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou will never know how many lives you have destroyed."<\/p>\n Fensome's defence barrister, Ian Bridge, said he is \u201cfull of remorse\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mr Bridge said: \u201cAs far as he is concerned, you can throw the key away. He can't live with himself."<\/p>\n Judge Tina Landale sentenced him to nine years in prison and disqualified him from driving for 12 years and six months.<\/p>\nAgony for resilient Lionesses as Spain win Women's World Cup final<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n
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