A lady who killed two eight-year-old women when her automobile crashed into a faculty in south-west London won’t face legal fees, the Metropolitan Police has mentioned.
Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died when a Land Rover crashed into an end-of-term tea celebration at The Examine Preparatory Faculty in Wimbledon on 6 July 2023.
The households have been knowledgeable by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) the girl who was driving won’t be charged as she had suffered an epileptic seizure.
Sixteen folks had been additionally handled for accidents.
Jaswant Narwal, from the CPS, mentioned: “We have now rigorously thought of this complicated and delicate case, considering all the fabric gathered as a part of the prolonged and detailed police investigation.
“The driving force of the automobile had an epileptic seizure behind the wheel, which induced her to lose management of the automobile which then drove into the college.”
There isn’t any proof the motive force had ever suffered the same seizure earlier than and he or she had no beforehand identified medical situation, she added.
In assertion, the women’ mother and father, Sajjad Butt, Smera Chohan, Franky Lau, Jessie Deng, mentioned “so many lives had been additionally irreparably shattered” that day.
“Tons of of individuals – mother and father, academics, kids, neighbours, family and friends members – will ever lead ‘regular’ lives once more,” they mentioned.
“A few of us won’t ever expertise pleasure once more.”
They mentioned they felt the method had been “questionable” they usually remained “unconvinced” that the investigation had been carried out completely.
Claire Freemantle, the motive force of the automobile that ploughed into the college, expressed her “deepest sorrow” and mentioned she had “no recollection of what occurred”.
