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A reckless driver has been sentanced to seven and a half years imprisonment for causing the death of 12-year-old school boy Bilal Khizar.
 

Zain Khan, 21, who was driving at 84 mph flung Bilal more than 50 metres away after hitting him with his car in Bradford, October last year.
 

Khan was uninsured and after the accident hatched a plan with his girlfriend Sara Hughes who was in the passanger seat of his car being stolen to avoid being caught.
 

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall at Bradford Crown Court said no sentance would be enough for his heartbroken family but hoped that the punishement for the serious offence will bring some comfort.
 

The defendant lawyer Simon Csoka QC said Khan was extremely remorseful and experienced flashbacks but the judge said: “You have pleaded guilty to a serious and very grave offence.
 

"The young man suffered catastrophic injuries and died instantly. You raced off knowing you had inevitably caused the most serious damage to another human being.
 

"Nothing I can do will bring back Bilal and no punishment I can impose as a judge, I recognise, can even satisfy the outrage and anger and I rather suspect the deep grief and wounds of the victim's family."
 

Following the hearing Bilal’s family thanked those who brought the killer to justice and in a statement said: “We mourn and weep for Bilal every second of the day and would give anything to have him back.
 

"He was one in a million – kind, loving, sincere, loyal, genuine, humble, caring, affectionate and most of all, religious.
 

"No parent, brother or sister should feel the needless pain and suffering we have endured.”

 

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