Man, 32, charged with causing death of girl years after crash
BIRMINGHAM businessman Antonio Boparan has been charged with causing the death of youngster Cerys Edwards – more than three years after she died.
The little girl had just celebrated her first birthday when she suffered multiple injuries in a crash in Sutton Coldfield in November 2006.
Cerys was left paralysed, unable to speak, and requiring round-the-clock care after her parents’ car was hit by a Range Rover.
Mr Boparan, aged 32, has now been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
Cerys died in October 2015 – just weeks before her tenth birthday – at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Mr Boparan is a director of his family firm, the 2 Sisters Food Group.
He was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in October and will appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on January 10, West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service confirmed.
Over the years, brave Cerys endured dozens of major operations and had required round-the-clock care.
When she died, her devastated dad Gareth paid tribute to his daughter by saying her smile “would melt the hearts of anyone”.
Moving tributes were also paid at her funeral as Cerys was laid to rest in a pink coffin in the Staffordshire village where her father now lives.
Last August, Antonio Boparan took on a director role with the 2 Sisters Food Group.
The company was established by his father Ranjit Singh Boparan, who has an estimated fortune of £750 million.