Mother criticises six-month sentence given to crash driver

The mother of a teenager killed in a car crash in the North has criticised the six-month sentence given to the driver responsible.

Mother criticises six-month sentence given to crash driver

The mother of a teenager killed in a car crash in the North has criticised the six-month sentence given to the driver responsible.

Nineteen-year-old Daniel Burke died after a collision in Co Down in October 2005.

The driver of the other car, 22-year-old Nathan Coates, admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

His six-month sentence has been described as "an insult" by Mr Burke's mother, Maureen.

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