Girl, 14, who had just won place at dance school, died after being mowed down by hit-and-run learner driver

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Girl, 14, who had just won place at dance school, died after being mowed down by hit-and-run learner driver

April 27th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Steven Saunders jailed for six-and-a-half years
Alessia Boschiazzo’s parents received her Brit school acceptance letter soon after her death

By
Gareth Dorrian

PUBLISHED:

13:52 EST, 26 April 2012

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UPDATED:

15:21 EST, 26 April 2012

A learner driver who mowed down an aspiring teenage dancer before setting fire to his car has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.

Talented Alessia Boschiazzo,14, from Carshalton, Surrey, had passed her audition to the Brit school in south London the day before she was run over by hit-and-run scaffolder Steven Saunders.

Some of the biggest names in British music have studied at the Brit – including Adele, Amy Winehouse and Katie Melua.

Aspiring dancer Alessia Boschiazzo, 14, who was killed by hit-and-run driver Steven Saunders

Her heartbroken family received her acceptance letter to the performing arts school shortly after her life-support machine was switched off – a week after she was hit by the car.

Saunders, 22, from Mottingham, south London admitted causing Alessia’s death by dangerous driving in Morland Road, Croydon in February last year.

Alessia was struck as she crossed the dimly lit road and Saunders immediately sped off.

He was rushing to a restaurant date with
his girlfriend and decided to drive the car, even though he only had a provisional licence, which he had bought a
few days earlier.

The court heard he was doing 50mph on a 30mph road and ‘darting and weaving in and out of traffic’.

Her heartbroken family received her acceptance letter to the performing arts Brit school (above) shortly after her life-support machine was switched off

The court heard that he also torched his Renault Clio in an attempt to hide evidence – in a cul-de-sac half a mile away from where he had struck her.

The blaze caused £10,000 damage to two other cars.

Alessia – whose ambition was to become a professional dancer – was described by devastated mother Cecilia Flores as ‘A lovely, happy teenager full of goals and targets in her life.’

Prosecutor James Brown told the court: ‘Miss Boschiazzo was left lying in the road.

‘She sustained very serious injuries and was taken to St. George’s Hospital for treatment,’

‘She died a week later on the fourth of March. Her injuries were extensive and fatal.’

Morland Road, Croydon, where Alessia Boschiazzo was run over by scaffolder Steven Saunders

Alessia’s father Aldo Boschiazzo, who was described in court as a ‘broken man’ was too emotional and angry to attend the sentencing.

In a statement he said: ‘I am living a life sentence now. Every day of my life is a nightmare.’

Recorder Warwick McKinnon told Saunders: ‘This is a quite dreadful and tragic case.

‘You mowed down that poor girl at the beginning of her life.

‘She was only 14 and had everything to live for.

‘There you were, a provisional driver, who had bought this car a few days before this dreadful accident.

‘You had driven it at least twice before while unlicensed and you drove at a grossly excessive speed inappropriate to the circumstances.

‘You may have seen Alessia moments before the collision, but before that you were accelerating towards her and it sounds almost pathetic to say you were doing that because you were running late.

‘What aggravates this is that having struck Alessia you, almost without thinking, sped off straight away and went to the nearest out of the way cul- de-sac where you set fire to your vehicle with the intention of getting away with the dreadful crime you had committed.’

He added: ‘It’s an utterly dreadful, tragic story. One can only imagine the anguish and suffering her family have had to endure.’

Saunders also admitted
perverting the course of justice by setting fire to his car. He had a previous conviction of failing to stop for police while driving a stolen car.