Learner driver jailed after killing girl in first lesson

A LEARNER driver who crashed and killed a nine-year-old girl while on her first driving lesson has been jailed for two years.

Beatrice Mawamba, aged 34, panicked and careered down a narrow alleyway into a grassed courtyard while taking a lesson with her husband, Leeds Crown Court heard.

The court was told she crushed to death nine-year-old Shamirah Grant and injured two other girls, one seriously.