Nine years in prison demanded for road hog Maymouna (5): He drove as if he were a racing game was playing

Sint-Niklaas At the magistrates ' court in Sint-Niklaas on Wednesday to nine years in prison demanded for the driver, on 20 August last year, a mother with her two children of the pavement was waving at the Antwerpse Steenweg in Sint-Niklaas. With the accident came the 5-year-old who Maymouna Diallo to life. The attorney pulled hard out to the accused A. C. (21). “According to the passengers in the car he drove as if he were a racing game was playing.”

The dramatic accident happened on 20 August last year, just before the entrance of the department store Lidl. A. C., a Dutchman with Angolan roots, that one day a car borrowed from his neighbor to make some friends to go and visit in Sint-Niklaas. He wanted ‘his’ car show and invited a friendly couple out for a ride. At the Antwerpse Steenweg ran the however, error. The car flew off the road and was waving a mother and her two children from the footpath. For the 5-year-old Maymouna Diallo was to late. She died on the spot. Her mom Zeinabou (42) months in a coma and her sister also Kadidiatou (8) injured.

“The accused has his vehicle as a murder weapon,” says the public prosecutor. “According to the expert, he drove at a high speed, so a 90 km/hour, when he came to the bend wanted to talk about.” According to the accused had been a passenger on the parking brake pulled, but this could by the expert cannot be established with certainty. “And it also makes little difference”, the public prosecutor's office.