Stewart Powell saw William Brown Jr lying in the road but “panicked” and fled the scene, Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard.
Driver who left boy, 7, to die in road after crash in Folkestone given suspended prison sentence
The family of a boy who was hit by a van and left dying in the road “like an animal” have said they have forgiven the driver as he was handed a suspended prison sentence.
Seven-year-old William Brown was struck by Stewart Powell’s grey Peugeot van, throwing him into the path of another car, on 6 December last year.
Powell saw William lying in the road but “panicked” and fled the scene, Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday.
The family of a boy who was hit by a van and left dying in the road “like an animal” have said they have forgiven the driver as he was handed a suspended prison sentence.
Seven-year-old William Brown was struck by Stewart Powell’s grey Peugeot van, throwing him into the path of another car, on 6 December last year.
Powell saw William lying in the road but “panicked” and fled the scene, Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday.
