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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

Drunk father jailed for manslaughter of disabled son in motorway crash

PA Media

A father whose disabled 12-year-old son was killed while trying to run across the M62 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Matthew Rycroft, 37, was driving drunk on the motorway before crashing his car on a slip road with his son Callum Rycroft also in the vehicle, said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

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