Gran had to tell boy, 5, mum Mummy won’t be coming home

PATRICIA Shumba’s world fell apart when police broke the news that a drink-driver had killed her daughter Joetta in a smash.

The 25-year-old was sitting in the back of Martin Grant’s Audi S3 when the serial offender, who was three times the limit, ploughed into a lorry at 162mph.

But while she struggled with her own pain she faced the added heartache of explaining to Joetta’s son Zane, then five, that he would never see his mum again.

Patricia, 49, said: “Zane was waiting for his mummy to come home and I had to tell him she was never coming back.

“I didn’t know what his reaction would be but I had to be honest because I didn’t want him to think there was a chance he’d see her again. He started to cry and said, ‘Is it because she doesn’t love me?’ That was the worst moment. Zane was Joetta’s world, she’d never have left him.

“I tried to tell him mummy was an angel in heaven but now he wants to go to heaven to visit her and it’s so difficult to explain that he can’t.”

It emerged in court that Grant, 30, had previously been sentenced for a road rage attack, driving while banned and driving without insurance.ce. He admitted causing death by dangerousrous driving and got eight years – but is expected pected to serve only four.

A judge at Manchester anchester crown court also banned himm from driving for six years after his release.

Call-centre worker Patricia, who is now bringingnging up Zane, had expected him m to be charged with th manslaughter, which can mean an life behind bars..

The mum- oft hree, f r om Stockport, Gtr Manchester, is s now calling for r killer drink-drivvers to get tougher er sentences. Shehe also wants longerger bans for motoringng crimes, to prevent ent similar tragedies.es.

Patricia said: “The law is wrong when it comes to dangerous gerous driving and I feelel like it protects the defendant fendant more than the victim.

“I don’t understandderstand why the driver wasn’t charged