‘He’ll find yourself killing another person’: Daughter of man killed by a carjacker slams decide’s determination to spare him jail

The daughter of a person killed by a carjacker immediately blasted a choice by a decide to spare him jail and warned ‘he’ll find yourself killing another person’.

Profession legal Christopher Howell was jailed aged 18 when he ran over and killed 64-year-old safety guard Sikiru Egberongbe whereas stealing his automotive.

Over 20 years later he was arrested after smashing a Vauxhall Corsa right into a wall whereas driving by a built-up space at 50mph regardless of not having a driver’s licence.

Howell – who dedicated his first offence aged 12 and a historical past of offences together with assault, arson, theft and aggravated car taking – confronted as much as 5 years in jail after he admitted harmful driving.

However this time the 39-year-old walked free from courtroom after a decide heard that on the time he had simply been instructed his mom was ‘about to take her final breath’ and was racing to get to see her earlier than she died.

Profession legal Christopher Howell (pictured) was jailed aged 18 when he ran over and killed 64-year-old safety guard Sikiru Egberongbe whereas stealing his automotive

The doting father-of-three (pictured) died in hospital 5 days after Howell left him in the midst of the highway with catastrophic accidents

Picture of Howell when he was sentenced to 9 years in jail for manslaughter in 2002 

Slamming the sentencing yesterday, Mr Egberongbe’s daughter mentioned the decide had been ‘far too lenient’.

‘Some folks study from being in jail and a few folks change,’ Vanessa Brown, 45, instructed the Every day Mail.

‘However he’s by no means going to vary.

‘I believe he’s simply used his mum dying as a defence to get off being jailed.

‘He is aware of if it was another cause he wouldn’t get away with it.

‘The hazard is as a result of he’s nonetheless free to wander the streets he’ll find yourself killing another person.

‘He was fortunate this time. What if he’d not hit a wall and hit a pregnant girl or a mum pushing a pram as a substitute?’

Again in 2002, there was outrage at surprising CCTV footage which captured a teenage Howell threatening Mr Egberongbe with a brick as he arrived for his evening shift at a Manchester enterprise park.

Nigeria-born Mr Egberongbe had left his Toyota’s engine operating in order that he might open the gates.

However as he returned, Howell emerged from the shadows and threatened him with a brick.

As Mr Egberongbe tried to seize the youth, Howell sped off, leaving him within the highway with catastrophic accidents.

The doting father-of-three died 5 days later hospital.

CCTV footage of Howell attacking safety guard Sikiru Egberongbe in a automotive jacking in 2002

Howell was given a nine-year sentence by a decide who branded him an ‘skilled, decided and protracted legal’.

However in 2012 he was locked up for an additional 9 years for theft and having a bladed article after he focused motorists in a collection of savage carjackings.

In a single raid a driver returning to his Audi was punched repeatedly within the head and threatened with being ‘knifed’ as he was robbed of his car, telephone, baggage and watch.

‘He’s 39 now and not an adolescent however he’s nonetheless getting concerned in legal exercise,’ mentioned Mr Egberongbe’s daughter.

Talking about Howell’s sentence for killing her dad, she mentioned the household had ‘hoped’ for longer than 9 years.

‘He confirmed no regret for what he’d carried out to our household in any respect,’ she mentioned.

The mother-of-two mentioned it was unhappy her youthful daughter, aged 12, had by no means know her granddad and her 25-year-old daughter had solely fleeting reminiscences of him from her childhood.

Her mom Millie had ‘misplaced herself’ following her husband’s loss of life, she mentioned, and had turned to her kids for assist.

‘My mum couldn’t cope in any respect,’ she mentioned.

‘She was overcome with grief and couldn’t do something as a result of my dad was the one who took accountability for issues like paying the payments.

‘She was misplaced for some time and we used have to come back over and assist out.’

The most recent offence came about on August 11 final yr after police noticed Howell driving in direction of them in Manchester.

Officers started following the Vauxhall Corsa, however after they had been 130 metres behind he misplaced management, hit a wall and the automotive flipped over, Minshull Avenue Crown Court docket in Manchester was instructed.

Howell was trapped and needed to be eliminated by the hearth service earlier than being taken to hospital the place he was later arrested.

Howell pictured in 2012 when he was locked up for an additional 9 years for theft and having a bladed article after he focused motorists in a collection of savage carjackings

In mitigation, defence counsel Adam Roxborough, mentioned that simply earlier than moving into the automotive, Howell had been instructed that ‘his mom was about to take her final breath’.

‘In a panic, he took his cousin’s automotive and sped off in direction of his mom’s handle,’ he mentioned.

‘It was a tragedy for him that he didn’t get to see his mom earlier than her passing.’

Mr Roxborough mentioned there was no suggestion Howell knew police had been following him.

Imposing a 12-month neighborhood order, the decide, Recorder Kate Cornell, instructed Howell it was lucky no-one was damage, however mentioned the offence was ‘of an entirely completely different character’ to his earlier crimes.

‘The damaging interval of driving was momentary and motivated purely by your want to see your dying mom,’ she mentioned.

‘It was a real emergency, and it was an awesome irony that your harmful driving meant you didn’t see your mom earlier than she died.’

Howell, from Manchester, was additionally ordered to finish 150 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for 12 months after he admitted driving with out a licence or insurance coverage.