the wilted rose

Looking at the photos below, unless you know who they are, you might think, what a lovely family.  So confirm their neighbours in Llandudno and their family in Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield.  They should have had a bright future ahead and were probably at their happiest.  But David and Michelle Statham - a married couple with four delightful children, Reece, 13; Jay, 9; Mason, 20 months; and Ellouise, 10 weeks old – didn’t get the chance.

Their lives were snuffed out, by a lorry driver who allegedly caused their deaths by dangerous driving.  In other countries, such as Finland, deaths on roads are relatively rare, primarily because of tough penalties on road killers. 

In this country, because of our love of the roads and the liberal leaning of the judiciary and politicians, road killers get away relatively lightly with their crimes – yes, crimes, because these are not accidents.

If it is found that someone caused the death of these two adults and four little kids, that person should face a life sentence (or at least 15 years a piece) for each life he took by his reckless and murderous driving. 

Justice must be done, and so too must we stop such senseless deaths occurring by putting in place a deterrent that will stop such dangerous driving.  After all, how many drivers think they can get away with it, after seeing the scumbag child-killer and illegal immigrant Aaron Chisango - who with no driving licence or insurance and having drunk a litre of whiskey ran over and killed 12-year-old Jamie Mason in Wednesfield, near Wolverhampton – walk free?  The charges were dropped due to a technicality. 

It is time to get tough on road killers and the Government should, as a matter of urgency, bring in legislation to increase the minimum tariff on such people to at least 15 years per life that they take away.