Pictured: Rhiannon Lucas (C) the mother of the two children that died, her partner Adam Saunders (L) and Sergeant Leighton Healan (R), family liaison officer for Gwent Police exit Cardiff Crown Court after the sentencing. Friday 08 April 2022
Re: Van driver Martin Newman, who caused the deaths of two young children and has admitted causing death by dangerous has been jailed by Cardiff Crown Court, Wales, UK.
The crash involved a car and a van on the westbound carriageway between...
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Pictured: Rhiannon Lucas (C) the mother of the two children that died, her partner Adam Saunders (L) and Sergeant Leighton Healan (R), family liaison officer for Gwent Police exit Cardiff Crown Court after the sentencing. Friday 08 April 2022
Re: Van driver Martin Newman, who caused the deaths of two young children and has admitted causing death by dangerous has been jailed by Cardiff Crown Court, Wales, UK.
The crash involved a car and a van on the westbound carriageway between junctions 28 and 29, at around 1.45pm.
Gracie-Ann Wheaton, four, and her younger brother Jayden-Lee Wheaton, were on their way back from a birthday party at the time of the crash.
The children, who were known by the surname Lucas, were taken – along with their mother – to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
But Gracie-Ann died on Sunday, February 6 following a cardiac arrest as a result of her injuries, and Jayden-Lee, three, passed away the following Friday.
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