When little Koby Dack asks his mum what happened to the hit and run driver that hurt him, she lies.
In a loving attempt to protect her boy from any more trauma Andrea Suniga says David Wood, who drove off after colliding with Koby on a North Shields road, is in jail.
But the painful truth is the driver walked free from court after admitting failing to stop after an accident and three counts of driving over the controlled drug limit, despite leaving Koby injured by the kerb.