Robert Brown jailed for nine years over deaths of Corey and Casper Platt-May, six and twoA banned driver who killed two young brothers in a hit-and-run six days after being released from prison has been jailed for nine years. The boys were with their mother, Louise Platt-May, in Coventry at about 2pm when a Ford Focus driven by Brown ploughed into them at more than 60mph in a 30mph zone. The boys were taken to hospital with severe injuries. The court heard that Brown had been jailed for six months in November last year for possessing an 18in red-handled machete, and he was released on 16 February. Brown had a total of 57 convictions for 207 offences stretching back to the 1970s, the judge was also told.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2018 15:45 UTC