‘Life stopped, our hearts shattered’: Vanessa Siatka's mother gives victim impact statement

The mother of a child who was knocked down and killed by a man who drank a litre of vodka and took 2g of cocaine has given a victim impact statement.

Ciaran Lane, aged 25, of Ashington Avenue, Cabra, Dublin, was jailed for five years for causing the death of 23-month-old Vanessa Siatka at Ratra Triangle, Phoenix Park, on April 6, 2015.

The child’s mother, Katarzyna, said she and husband Lukasz could only watch as her “baby was taken away” from her.