Mother who was 'showing off' jailed over crash which killed her child and cousin

Three other under-18s were seriously injured in the crash
Mother who was 'showing off' jailed over crash which killed her child and cousin

Mary Stokes (Durham Police/PA)

A mother who was "showing off" in an unroadworthy car before causing a catastrophic head-on crash which killed her three-year-old and her teenage cousin has been jailed.

Mary Stokes, 23, an uninsured and unlicensed driver, had five passengers in her Peugeot 206 which had been sold for scrap after failing its MOT, a court heard.

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