A banned driver who killed two young brothers in a
hit-and-run six days after being released from
prison has been jailed for nine years.
Serial criminal Robert Brown was on licence after serving half of a six-month sentence for possession of an offensive weapon, and on a cocktail of
drugs , when he mowed down Corey and Casper Platt-May, aged six and two, on February 22.
The boys were with their mother, Louise Platt-May, in MacDonald Road, Coventry, at about 2pm when a Ford Focus, driven by Brown, ploughed into them at more than 60mph in a 30mph zone.
The boys were taken to hospital with severe injuries, but Casper could not be revived and died a short time later.
Corey was taken into surgery, but also later died. Their mother was physically unhurt.
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"I love my boys with all my heart, and they will never be forgotten."
"Every minute, I picture their faces on the road.
"The sound of the car hitting them.
"Their faces will stay with me for the rest of my life."
Corey (L) and Casper Platt-May
The grieving mother, saying her two surviving boys were still grappling with nightmares recalling what they also witnessed that day, said: "This monstrous act has destroyed me."