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18/09/2006
Life sentence for car thief killer
A man has been jailed for life for causing death by dangerous driving when he knocked down and killed a 48-year-old grandmother.
Paul Wales, 47, of Gorst Street in Walton, Liverpool, was also convicted of aggravated vehicle taking. He will serve a minimum term of four years and four months.
Grandmother Pamela Phinn, 48, was knocked down when she attempted to push her two grandchildren out of the way of a speeding vehicle. The family party which included Mr Phinn, her 28-year-old daughter-in-law, and two small childen, were struck by the car which had been stolen from her sister.
Wales had threatened Mrs Phinn's sister with a screwdriver before making off with the vehicle. He had travelled a mile before the vehicle mounted the pavement and knocked Mrs Phinn in the air.
Wales also admitted driving without insurance.
At sentencing, the judge said that Wales would be "imprisoned indefinitely," and only be eligible for parole when he had served the minimum term.
(SP/KMcA)
Paul Wales, 47, of Gorst Street in Walton, Liverpool, was also convicted of aggravated vehicle taking. He will serve a minimum term of four years and four months.
Grandmother Pamela Phinn, 48, was knocked down when she attempted to push her two grandchildren out of the way of a speeding vehicle. The family party which included Mr Phinn, her 28-year-old daughter-in-law, and two small childen, were struck by the car which had been stolen from her sister.
Wales had threatened Mrs Phinn's sister with a screwdriver before making off with the vehicle. He had travelled a mile before the vehicle mounted the pavement and knocked Mrs Phinn in the air.
Wales also admitted driving without insurance.
At sentencing, the judge said that Wales would be "imprisoned indefinitely," and only be eligible for parole when he had served the minimum term.
(SP/KMcA)
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