{"id":2491,"date":"2007-02-20T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/02\/20\/hit-and-run-killer-driver-sentenced\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:47:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:47:16","slug":"hit-and-run-killer-driver-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/20\/hit-and-run-killer-driver-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit-and-run killer driver sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"THE FAMILY of a pregnant woman killed in a hit-and-run incident alongside her\u00a0nine-year-old son and unborn child in Birmingham have lashed out at Britain’s legal system after her killer was sentenced to seven years.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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28-year-old Sarah Hunt, who was 30 weeks pregnant was hit by 19-year-old Raja Ibrer Faisel and dragged 450 yards under the wheels of his Nissan Micra on the A45 on October 2.<\/div>\n

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Her nine-year-old son Kieran and unborn child were also killed. <\/div>\n

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Mrs Hunt’s seven-year-old son Ryan was also hit but survived despite suffering multiple injuries. <\/div>\n

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The accident was witnessed by the children’s disabled father just yards away. <\/div>\n

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Faisel, from the Small Heath area of Birmingham, admitted causing the deaths of Mrs Hunt and Kieran by dangerous driving and was sentenced to seven years at Birmingham Crown Court. <\/div>\n

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But the victims family hit out at the jail term describing it as “disgusting”.<\/div>\n

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A statement read out on behalf of the family said: “What kind of sentence would ever be good enough to cover the amount of life that has been lost and devastated? None. <\/div>\n

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“As a family we are disgusted at the sentence which only amounts to 18 months per life. In three and a half years time he will be able to rebuild his life while Sarah, Kieran and Connor’s journey has ended. <\/div>\n

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“Something needs to be done about the law regarding unborn babies as this man killed three people and left three devastated children behind.” <\/div>\n

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\"\"In sentencing Faisel Judge John Saunders, QC, said he was limited by sentencing guidelines, adding: \u201cIt cannot measure the value of the lives lost.\u201d<\/div>\n

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The court was told Faisel, who worked as a taxi driver, was doing at least 50 mph in the 40mph speed zone when he struck Mrs Hunt and her children. <\/div>\n

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The mother of two other daughters became trapped under the wheels of the car and was dragged more than 450 yards.<\/div>\n

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Faisel then tried to leave the scene3 of the crash and attempted to escape on foot before he was finally caught by a chasing member of public, Birmingham Crown Court was told.<\/div>\n

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At first he denied being in the car saying his friend was at the wheel. <\/div>\n

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He later told the police he had been driving but had not seen Mrs Hunt and her children in the road.<\/div>\n

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He added he did not know Mrs Hunt was trapped under the wheels of his car despite the fact that he could no longer steer properly, the court heard.<\/div>\n

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THE FAMILY of a pregnant woman killed in a hit-and-run incident alongside her\u00a0nine-year-old son and unborn child in Birmingham have lashed out at Britain’s legal system after her killer was sentenced to seven years. 28-year-old Sarah Hunt, who was 30 weeks pregnant was hit by 19-year-old Raja Ibrer Faisel and dragged 450 yards under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}