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Kim Pilling

Driver ‘took at least 20 lines of cocaine’ before killing three-year-old girl

Van driver Rawal Rehman has admitted causing the death of Louisa (Lulu) Palmisano in Manchester city centre on February 22 (Greater Manchester Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A van driver took “at least 20 lines of cocaine” in the hours before he hit a tram and then collided with a three-year-old girl on a city centre pavement, a court has heard.

Louisa Palmisano, known as Lulu, died in hospital from her injuries after she was struck while walking with her parents on a family visit to Manchester on February 22.

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