Drink driving killer Zimbabwean deported
By John Scott/Own Correspondent
A thirty-two year old Zimbabwean man whose car knocked down and killed a 12-year-old boy following a drinking spree was recently deported from the United Kingdom more than five years after the tragic incident.
The UK Border Agency has now confirmed that Aaron Chisango was deported back to Zimbabwe in a move that came as a huge relief to long suffering relatives of Jamie Mason, who was knocked down while crossing Cannock Road in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, on January 8, 2005.
Jamie’s mother Hayley Leighton told the local newspaper:
“This is some kind of justice for Jamie but if the Immigration Department had done its job properly five years ago he would still be here now. Chisango should have been deported before the incident happened.”
His sister Tracy, now aged 36, from Lower Prestwood Road added: “I am still very bitter about what happened but I am delighted to see the back of him. Now Jamie can rest in peace.”
The Wednesfield High School pupil, who lived with his mother and step father Steve in Blackwood Avenue, Wednesfield, was crossing the road to reach Tracy when he was hit by a black Rover 620 driven by Chisango.
The Zimbabwean was an illegal immigrant at the time and according to records should have left the country three months earlier. Chisango, now aged 32, had neither UK driving licence nor insurance, had been drinking whisky the night before.
A charge of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink was dropped because lawyers said there was not enough evidence to prove that he was driving without due care and attention at the time and that his actions resulted in the boy’s death. Express & Star.com/Own Correspondent
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