Les Dawson's panto star daughter has told how he sent a "good luck message" from beyond the grave.
15.11.2023 - 07:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
They are the words the survivors of a horror car crash that killed a grandmother hope will stay with the driver forever.
Trent Simm, 25, was sentenced on Tuesday (November 14) to seven years and four months in prison after admitting he caused the death of Doris Bridgehouse by dangerous driving. He also pleaded guilty to causing serious injury to her daughter Amanda Holmes and his passenger Aaron Scott in the crash on Halifax Road in Littleborough.
Simm, a dad-of-one, sat in court wearing a blue suit, his head bowed for much of the proceedings - including the moments when two people who survived the horror crash read their victim statements out loud.
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They detailed the trauma of what they've been through since the incident on May 13.
In emotional scenes at Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Neil usher heard testimony that Simm drove at 118mph — speeds victims say 'were liable to kill someone — and you did.'
First to speak was Amanda Holmes, who was in the car alongside her mother, Doris - known fondly as 'Dot.' Amanda's son, Max, then aged 21 was in the rear of the vehicle.
They had been driving home from celebrating Max having completed a degree at the University of Salford earlier that day.
The court heard that Ms Holmes was knocked unconscious and required months of hospital treatment following the crash. Despite suffering his own injuries, Max managed to crawl out of the vehicle moments after the collision.
Amanda, then aged 55, who works as a nurse, read a lengthy statement, in
Les Dawson's panto star daughter has told how he sent a "good luck message" from beyond the grave.
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