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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaron Curran

Tributes paid to 'amazing' 14-year-old killed by speeding driver

Tributes have been paid to a teenage girl who was killed by a speeding driver.

Courtney Ellis was just 14 when she was struck and killed by Brandon Turton on September 19 2020- the 21-year-old was racing his Renault Megane at speeds of up to 93mph in a 30 zone. Turton had been racing around the streets of St Helens, before the fatal collision, which killed the schoolgirl instantly.

Liverpool Crown Court heard on Wednesday September 14, that Turton was sentenced to six years nine months in prison, after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

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