The families of Ben Corfield and Liberty Challis who were killed after a horrific collision speak out at Wolverhampton Crown Court after the sentencing of Dhiya Al Maamoury.
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00:00Outside Wolverhampton Crown Court for the sentencing of Dia Al-Mamouri who has
00:06been admitted dangerous driving causing the death of Ben Caulfield and Liberty
00:12Charisse in 2022. Judge Michael Chambers has sentenced him to 13 and a half years
00:19on two counts of that to run concurrently and 32 months in prison for
00:26causing injury by dangerous driving two counts there also to run concurrently so
00:31he's going to spend over 14 years in prison. Judge Michael Chambers said he
00:38carried out a highly dangerous maneuver in his favor he said it was a
00:44short duration not sustained but he had to go to the higher range of sentencing.
00:49Okay today hasn't brought a conclusion for myself and my wife and our daughter
00:56Shannon. Al-Mamouri killed our son Ben. Ben was the very foundation and the thing
01:02that we live for as a family. He's not only that he's stolen our future and he
01:07served us a life sentence of which has got no end but we we appreciate and we
01:13thank Judge Chambers for his deliverance today. You know the sentence is
01:18a lot better than what we thought. We also want to thank the local policing
01:26team that have been a great support to us through West Midlands Police, the
01:30liaison officers. We want to thank Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes and his
01:35team, his investigation team. Without them then we wouldn't have got the
01:40conviction that we have today and as you've seen in court today Al-Mamouri
01:45loyed at his first instance when he was he was interviewed by the police. He then
01:51went on to plead not guilty to force us as a family then through a six months of
01:58total trauma but now with you know with the great help that the investigation
02:02team have done we've got the conviction that we need and as I say West Midlands
02:07Police have been an absolute tremendous support and are just a few of the
02:11officers really that I want to thank personally. PC Emma Howes is one of the
02:16liaison officers, PC Jay Moore, PC Leah Smith and especially PC Lee Stevens
02:23who's been on the phone 24 hours a day for us. He's been a great support even in
02:29his time off he's been available to speak to us and we really appreciate that
02:33coming forward.
02:35Do you have anything to say about car meets like this?
02:39The meet that this person was at and what he was doing?
02:43Yeah I mean you know we've all seen these type of car meets advertised out there.
02:48They're a scourge of the earth you know they're a danger to all road users and
02:53you know they seem to have over the last certainly over the last 12 months 18
02:58months seem to have progressed but certainly the incident that happened at
03:02Albury that took Ben's life there is an injunction in place now and West Midlands
03:07Police are certainly making a strong stance on that to stamp this practice
03:12out you know you should be able to as a pedestrian be safe and you should be
03:18awarded that safety and we you know we applaud the work that West Midlands
03:21Police are doing to stamp that out.
03:24I heard the incredibly powerful and emotional witness statements from your family and
03:29Liberty's family. Just if you can, I know it's difficult, explain the impact that
03:35this has had on you because we we heard some of that in there.
03:39I mean for Lynette and I and our daughter Shannon this is totally devastating you know we had
03:43Shannon you know quite easily we never thought we wanted a we wanted a son and
03:48daughter we never we never thought that we'd have a have a problem having
03:51another child and as life played out it was seven years you know we got to the
03:58stage where we we seeked help we were about to start fertility treatment and
04:03two weeks prior to starting that treatment Lynette felt unwell and as I
04:08said in the court you know we we took her to the local doctors to check her
04:13she was pregnant and obviously they forwarded us then on for scans which
04:19didn't didn't show a pregnancy so we had a very uncertain time then for the next
04:24three or three or weeks forward where another scan did show that Ben was on his
04:28way it was a miracle to us you know and and to have that you know Shannon to
04:32have a brother to care for you know Ben completed our little family and as I say
04:39with that you know we waited for so long for him that we he was the foundation of
04:43our lives he was the the very thing that the three of us lived for and now with
04:47this with this Alma Warry's actions he's taken our lives away the pain and
04:54devastation as a father and a mother and obviously as a sister now you know
04:59we can't settle day or night you know we wake up and we're looking for him we're
05:05calling for him you know the very the very instance of what we live for now is
05:09gone and as I said to you now you know Alma Warry's been been given his
05:14sentence today but we've got a life sentence and that life sentence has got
05:18no end you know we've got to deal with that now for whatever time that we've
05:22got left in the world you know we will never see Ben again in our lifetime and
05:26it's this pain is absolutely excruciating. No sentence is ever going to
05:31be enough and that man has completely destroyed our lives
05:40I think if people realize just what they're doing on these street racing and
05:46and the impact that it has on families far and wide I'd certainly think twice
05:53about it