A man who drove his car into a Christmas parade killing six people and leaving dozens injured has been handed six consecutive life sentences.
Darrell Brooks Jr, 40, plunged his red Ford Escape through the parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on November 21 last year killing six including an 8-year-old boy.
Judge Jennifer Dorow sentenced Brooks to life in prison after last month a jury convicted him of 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and 61 counts of reckless endangerment.
She gave Brooks the maximum penalty after each homicide count carried a mandatory life sentence and made the life sentences consecutive, with no chance of parole.
During a two-day trial heartbroken families addressed the killer and broke down after making raw and emotional statements describing how their lives had changed.
Sheri Sparks, the mum of Jackson Sparks, the eight-year-old who was killed told the court: "I feel gutted and broken. It hurts to breathe sometimes.
"My mama's soul aches for him. This man not only took Jackson away from our family, he violently ripped Jackson from our lives."
There were at least 45 people who asked to speak in court, including nine children, according to prosecutors, as the crash devastated the local community.
Witnesses throughout the trial were seen weeping as they gave their statements and described the moment the Brooks sent bodies flying through the air.
As the guilty verdicts were read out last month by Judge Dorow, a person in the gallery shouted: "Burn in hell."
Brooks made the decision to represent himself during the trial even though lawyers advised him against it as victim witnesses stood-up and interacted with the killer.
On Tuesday it was the first time victims' were given the chance to confront Brooks as he was forced to sit and listen to the devastation he had caused to families.
The killer, who was wearing an orange T-shirt, was handcuffed as he sat the defence table and rolled his eyes during some of the emotional victims' statements.
During some of the proceedings he closed his eyes, shook his head and looked down at the floor as victims read their impact statements.
Mrs Sparks told the court how her young children were excitedly walking in the parade with their baseball team, Waukesha Blazers, as she went to sit and watch her two young boys.
She said: "I had no idea then the nightmare that was coming my way. Nor did I know that it would be the last time that I would hear Jackson's voice and see his smile."
As the SUV car drove through the crowd the mum ran towards her kids and saw Jackson in the arms of a cop who was running to get him help.
Her older son, Tucker, was hurt in the crash and only identified him by his shoes after he was under a blanket.
The pair had brain injuries and were admitted to the children's hospital ICU where Tucker asked where his younger brother was.
Mrs Sparks told the judge it was "gut-wrenching" to have to tell Tucker that his little brother had died.
She said: "Tucker blamed himself. He felt he should've tried to grab Jackson or done more to protect his little brother."
