Dad and mom condemn ‘pathetic’ killer strike-and-run driver sentence

The mothers and fathers of a teenage lady who was killed by a strike-and-operate driver have explained his sentence as “pathetic”.

Robyn Fryar, 15, died in healthcare facility a few several hours soon after she was critically wounded crossing a street in Paisley past July.

Shaun Gatti, 21, who was on the erroneous facet of the highway and dashing, has been jailed for 5 several years and a few months.

But Iain and Cheryl Fryer told BBC Radio Scotland’s Drivetime they feel allow down by the Scottish justice method.

Gatti admitted creating the schoolgirl’s demise by driving his Volkswagen Golfing right after consuming alcoholic beverages.

He also pleaded guilty at an earlier listening to at the Substantial Court in Glasgow to failing to halt soon after the lethal crash.

The court listened to Gatti hid his smashed vehicle beneath a tarpaulin but it was identified by police soon after an nameless suggestion-off.

Mr Fryer explained to Drivetime he drove to the healthcare facility following he bought a cell phone phone from his niece and arrived at as Robyn was being taken out of the ambulance.

He mentioned: “It is the most coronary heart-wrenching, horrible, awful issue.

“To see your daughter in a healthcare facility bed, lying lifeless, and to hold your daughter…that night time will just never go away you.”

Mrs Fryer extra: “Our lives have been wrecked.”

Questioned about the sentence, she mentioned: “I think it can be absurd and I never think it sends out a very good concept.

“You can kill another person and you are out in five many years. What sort of concept is that sending out?”

‘Most acute grief’

Mr Fryer said: “I feel it is unquestionably pathetic.

“All we needed was a little bit of justice for our daughter.

“We are likely to reside with the hell for the relaxation of our life.

“I you should not recognize what was going by way of the judge’s head and why he thinks my daughter’s daily life was only worthy of a few of a long time of this person’s everyday living

The pair mentioned Gatti’s endeavor to deal with up his crime and his deficiency of remorse have compounded their agony.

Mrs Fryer claimed: “There is certainly no empathy from the person and he tried out to conceal it.”

She also paid tribute to her daughter, who she explained as “my wee diamond”.

Judge Lord Mulholland advised Gatti he experienced “delivered the most acute grief” and a “life sentence” to Robyn’s relatives, who were being in court for the listening to.

The judge included: “You fled the scene and this was a most cowardly act.

“You should really have confronted up to what you had carried out and tried to assist her.”

Lord Mulholland paid out tribute to the “enduring bravery” and “human spirit” of Robyn’s family.

John McElroy, defending Gatti, mentioned: “There is no doubt that this is a tragic situation and that Robyn Fryar was a shining mild to her spouse and children.

“It is complicated not to be moved by the sufferer effect statements from her devastated family.”

Gatti was banned from the highway for a full of 11 many years and seven months.