Family fury at driver's sentence:
Reason to Blow Up the World:...
The family of a three-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run crash have reacted furiously after the driver was jailed for 12 weeks.
Levi Bleasdale was hit by a stolen VW Golf as she crossed a road with her mother in Burnley on 10 September.
Driver Mohammed Hussain, 26, admitted careless driving, having no licence or insurance, failing to stop and failing to report an accident.
Levi's mother Kirsty Ryan, 22, said the sentence filled her with anger.
She told the BBC: "He says he is praying for me and my family, well I don't want his prayers.
"He's wrecked my daughter's life, he's wrecked my family's life and I don't want him to pray for me at all - it's too late."
Levi was holding her mother's hand while crossing Ormerod Road when she was struck by the Golf.
She was taken to Burnley Hospital and transferred to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury, where she died after her life-support machine was switched off.
The car was found on Thurston Street - where Hussain lived - and he handed himself in five days later.
He was sentenced to four weeks for the handling charge and 12 weeks each for the fail to stop and fail to report charges, to run concurrently. He was also banned from driving for five years.
Let me recap in case you missed some points. He stole a car. He struck and killed a 3-year-old girl. He was sentenced to only 12 weeks in prison. Not a misprint, 12 weeks.
I think we have a new rodeo clown for the News of Doom Demolition Derby.
Nod of Doom to Chief UK correspondent Elessarion.
I think what made it worse for me was the fact that it wasn't one of those "kid runs out into the road without looking" type cases, where the driver has NO chance of stopping or avoiding the kid. She was holding onto her mum's hand and walking across the road.
Also, what the article doesn't mention is that the speed limit for that road is 30 miles per hour. He was doing 45.