ASYLUM SEEKER WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTER IS LAUGHING AT US ALL.
(cutting Daily Mail 13/12/03 by Paul Broster)
Discovered by Arnold Wolfcastle at news:uk.politics.misc
A FAILED asylum seeker who left. 12-year-old Amy Houston to die after a hit-and-run crash has been jailed for just four months.
The sentence triggered fury amongst Amy's family.
Aso Mohammed Ibiiahim, a Kurdish Iraqi, got behind the wheel despite being disqualified and having no insurance.
The girl's father Paul had to be restrained by police after magistrates announced the sentence
. "He's laughing at the justice system and he is laughing at every decent person m this country," said Mr Houston yesterday "He will be back on the streets in two months while we face a life sentence."
The family said the British legal system had "failed our precious girl" Ibrahim, 25, fled after Amy ran in front of his car and was - knocked down.
The youngster, who was trapped under Ibrahim's black flovei; was freed by firefighters but she died in hospital.
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Ibrahim lost a two-and-a-half year battle against deportation in November last year, but was allowed to stay temporarily in Britain because of volatility in Iraq. |
Amy's grandmother Margaret Houston said: "He left that little girl to die and he is a coward who has no honour. He ran off to save his own skin, leaving Amy trapped under his car."
Ibrahim, who was banned for a string of motoring convictions, "panicked" after Amy ran in front of the car in Blackburn, Lancashire, and was knocked down.
Prosecutor John Wood told Blackburn magistrates: "On the day of the offence he was fully aware that he should not have been on the road.
It obviously follows that had he not been on the road this tragic accident would I not have happened."
Ibrahim, from Blackburn, telephoned an ex-girlfriend who took him to a police station where he admitted everything, the court heard.
At his sentencing on Wednesday he admitted diiving while disqualified and without insurance and failing to stop after an accident.
The magistrates, who could only impose a maximum six-month jail term, gave him credit for an early guilty plea.
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Mr Houston, 34, of Accrington, Lancashire, told yesterday how Amy's death had,left a void in his life that he would never be able to fill. "I couldn't have wished for a better daughter, I was so proud of her," he said. "She was a beautiful little girl, kind natured, quiet, funny she was everything a parent could ask and I doted on her. She never asked for anything, she was happy with whatever she got." Mr Houston added: "The police have been brilliant in the support they have given us and I can understand why they get frustrated with the legal system when something like this happens." |
Michael Blacklidge, defending, said: "He wishes he could turn the clock back, but for me to say any more would only add to the pain and hurt that people already feeL" //cutting ends
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ASYLUM seekers who drive illegally are causing mayhem on the roads. Police have reported spiralling problems with refugees who get behind the wheel of defective cars with no insurance or MoT. Poor road knowledge can also be a problem. Last Christmas Day, Chris Mallet, 46, uncle of EastEnders' star Steve McF1dden, and his newlywed wife Anne, 42, were killed when a drunken illegal immigrant ploughed his speeding BMW into their car at Holbeach, Lincolushire. Polish farm worker Wlodzimierl Bogowsld, 35, who also died, was almost five times over the drink-drive limit and had no insurance or MoT for his vehicle. He Was driving on the wrong side of the road without lights. Some asylum seekers are being given driving lessons at the taxpayers expense. Coventry refugee Centre was handed a £50,000 Government grant to teach 31O11t5 about their legal obligations on the road and car maintenance. |