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Sophie Doughty

'I never felt we got justice' - Melissa Tate's dad welcomes new life sentences for killer drivers

Robbed of his precious daughter by a killer driver, Michael Tate says he never got justice for his little girl.

Melissa Tate was just 10 years old when her life was snatched away by hit and run road menace Connor Marsden. The schoolgirl suffered fatal injuries was hit by Marsden's van near her home in Kenton, Newcastle.

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