Two boy racers, who killed a schoolgirl, 9, while driving at double the speed limit, have been locked up for four years.
Twenty-two-year-old Mohsen Saddique and 19-year old Adil Manir were rushing through residential streets at top speeds of 64mph.
Manir then veered to avoid another car moments before his Audi A5 crashed into Aleena Kausar as she was walked on the pavement.
She was walking to a mosque with her mum Sofia Begum and another relative when the accident happened. She suffered fatal injuries in the collision on September 15, 2015, and died in hospital later the same day.
Twenty-year-old Manir pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was sent to a young offenders institute for four years.
Twenty-three-year-old taxi driver Saddique was also found guilty of the same charge and was jailed for four years.
The accident on Bacup Road happened moments after Mrs Begum turned down an offer of a lift to mosque from Aleena’s uncle.
Aleena’s father Mr Ali, as quoted in the Mirror, said: “I will always remember the day she was killed. It’s hard for me to describe our feelings. We were completely devastated. It’s as if we are living in some dark nightmare hoping we will wake up. Everything is dark, close, hopeless. It’s as if somebody has reached into our body and ripped out our hearts.”
