16,000 calls for hit and run justice

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Sep 2007, 10:06 BST
Updated 10th Sep 2007, 10:15 BST
THE FAMILY of seven-year-old Mexborough hit-and-run victim Kyle McDermott have presented a 16,000 name petition to their MP.

The McDermott family are calling for tougher sentences for hit-and-run drivers and improved safety on the road where young Kyle was killed in September last year.

Christopher Collins, aged 45, who has two previous convictions for drink-driving received just a five month sentence at Sheffield Crown Court, after hitting Kyle on Maple Road in Mexborough and driving off.

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Shortly after his hearing, Kyle’s mother Katy McDermott wrote Collins an open letter saying: “My life ended the day he died. And nothing will ever, ever be the same for any of this family.