WITH BOYS WHO HELD SONS’ KILLER Drink-drive deaths are no accident. It’s murder
Sarah added: “It breaks my heart because they have to live with what they’ve seen. I think they feel survivor’s guilt.”
Both teenagers have had problems sleeping and walking near busy roads.
Kai’s mum Christine, 49, said: “He struggles to understand why it wasn’t him that was killed and what he could have done to stop it.”
Lewis wakes up in cold sweats after dreaming about the crash.
His mum Kellie, 38, said: “He’s so exhausted and quiet. He doesn’t want to go near the crash site because that’s the road that killed his friends.”
Kai and Lewis were pall bearers for their lost pals at first George’s funeral, then Josh and Harry’s farewell.
George’s mum Sarah, a carer, said: “It was devastating to watch. I just felt numb.” She said she copes by “just living in the moment... I’m pretending he’s at his dad’s.”
Sarah had sobbed as she read her impact statement in court, saying: “The awful night that my son was taken will haunt me for life.”
Harry’s dad Ian, 70, has told how the boys “were wonderful... just having fun living their lives”.
Mums Nicola and Tracy have had their sons’ name tattooed on their hands. “That’s all you can kiss, you know,” says Tracy, placing her lips lightly on Josh’s name.
The families say Chudasama’s sentence does not reflect the devastation he caused to their lives.
The maximum sentence for death by dangerous driving is 14 years. A law that would lift that to a life sentence is waiting to go through Parliament.
Sarah, 42, said: “The law needs to be changed. It’s not right that someone should get 13 years for three lives. He got into the car knowing he’d had a drink. I am so angry and upset. He’s ruined our lives and he’s going to be out at 41, living his life.
“My heart aches all the time.”