UK Driver Who Killed Indian-Origin Girl in Crash Avoids Trial

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:27pm on 27 Jun 2024,Thursday India Global

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided not to charge Claire Freemantle, a driver who lost control of her car due to an epileptic fit, killing 8-year-old Indian-origin Nuria Sajjad and her schoolmate Selena Lau. The accident happened at Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon last July. Chief Prosecutor Jaswant Narwal called it an "unthinkable tragedy" and said there was no evidence of prior seizures. Nuria's family expressed their dissatisfaction, stating, "Justice has neither been done, nor has been seen to be done today." Freemantle has voluntarily surrendered her license.

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