A distraught mum whose teenage daughter died in a car crash in Northumberland has slammed the sentence handed down to the driver.
Uninsured Rhys McLennan, who also only held a provisional licence, was behind the wheel of a Nissan Pixo when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a tree on a road near Alnwick. His front seat passenger and girlfriend, Chelsea Gillie, 17, from Berwick, was seriously injured in the crash and tragically passed away three days later in hospital.
Last week, McLennan, 20, of Cheviot Lodge, in Longframlington, was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, at Newcastle Crown Court after he pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving, causing death by driving while unlicensed, and causing death by driving while uninsured. He must also do 150 hours unpaid work, abide by a four-month electronic curfew and was banned from driving for two years.
