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Daily Mail
03-08-2025
- Daily Mail
I was FaceTiming my best friend when the BWM she was in collided with a 26-tonne truck at nearly 100mph - the last thing I heard was her screaming
A young woman who was FaceTiming her best friend when she died in a 100mph horror crash has spoken of the trauma of reliving her tragic death. Ebony Neville, 21, was videocalling her pal Stephanie Nye-Diroyan on October 23, 2022 when she heard her scream and the call abruptly cut out, The Sun reported. Little did Ebony know that the car Stephanie had been travelling in, driven by colleague Ivan Zaliac, 24, had collided with a 26-tonne truck. Dash-cam footage of the crash showed Zailac's powerful BMW 340D hitting the lorry at nearly 100mph - well over double the speed limit. The crash happened on Mollison Avenue in Brimsdown, a neighbourhood of Enfield, north London at 7.54pm. 'Seconds before the phone cut out you could hear the engine revving and Stephanie's scream - then it froze on her face,' Ebony told the newspaper. Following the crash she repeatedly tried to call Stephanie and Ivan's personal mobiles but both went straight to voicemail. After ringing the police and discovering there had been a 'bad crash' in Brimsdown, Ebony and began driving around, eventually stumbling across the site of the collision. Finding the road blocked off, Ebony drove to The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel where paramedics had taken Stephanie. The pair originally met after Stephanie hired Ebony at the second-hand car dealership Big Motoring World. However the duo quickly forged a firm friendship and in the weeks prior to the crash had spent time socialising together in Nottingham and Manchester. Ebony was ill on the day of the crash and so Stephanie was on her way to visit her at home when Zailac lost control of the vehicle. A tantalising screenshot from the FaceTime call, taken only a few minutes before the fatal crash, was shown in court. Zailac suffers from amnesia and doesn't remember the details of what happened after suffering a brain injury in the collision, leading to subsequent psychiatric issues. He sat at the back of court between his parents laying on his mother or father's shoulder and had to be lifted up by them to stand when the judge came into court. The car sales executive was ruled unfit to stand trial last month, leaving the jury to formally decide whether he did cause Ms Nye-Diroyan's death by dangerous driving. The jury then found he did carry out the act. Judge Sarah Munro, KC, said at the trial that Zailac will be supervised by a nominated social worker and the Hillingdon mental health team for two years. Prosecutor Frederick Hookway told the court that the Crown intends to put Zailac on trial if he recovers. 'The objective of this order is for the improvement of the defendant's mental health not only for his own sake but for the future of these proceedings,' he said. 'The crown do intend to reinstitute these proceedings when and if appropriate.' Stephanie's mother Nicholle Diroyan sobbed as she read her victim impact statement in court. She said: 'Stephanie was my only child. The pain of losing her is immeasurable and every day without her feels incomplete. A reconstruction during the trial showed the car was travelling at 98mph when it slid across the road at a blind corner in wet conditions and killed Stephanie. Prosecutor Hookway said: 'It is alleged that this defendant drove a BMW, an M340D, at approximately 98mph on Mollison Avenue, an A-road in north London that has a speed limit of 40mph. 'And it is alleged that due to the speed and manner of his driving he lost control of that vehicle, causing it to crash into an oncoming lorry that was driving in the opposite direction. 'Stephanie Nye-Diyoran at the time was in the front passenger seat. 'She was caused death by serious injury due to the collision between the vehicle and the lorry, and despite the attention and efforts of emergency services, she was tragically pronounced dead the scene.' Ebony, who now lives in Manchester, has set up a petition to demand justice for Stephanie after Zailac was allowed to walk free from court last month after being unfit to stand trial. In the petition, she wrote: 'Her life was stolen in a violent crash she had no control over. She wasn't driving. She wasn't reckless. She was simply a passenger, trusting someone else behind the wheel. 'Stephanie was full of life—kind, vibrant, generous, and deeply loved. Her laughter could light up even the darkest day. She gave everything to the people she cared about. 'Her absence has left a deep and lasting pain for her mum Nicole, her loving grandmother, her aunties and uncles, cousins, and her friends—people who will never stop fighting for her. 'That night, the man behind the wheel—Ivan—chose to drive at deadly speeds, reaching 100mph before crashing into a lorry. 'His actions weren't just careless—they were criminal. 'And above all, Ivan still has not had his licence taken off of him.. HOW? 'This isn't just a heartbreaking loss. It's a failure of the justice system if he is allowed to walk free.' In court, Mr Hookway said lorry driver Andre Allen had one passenger with him. 'Their route started at a depot in Enfield, the destination was Covent Garden. The route took them southbound along Mollison Avenue. The road has a single carriageway in each direction and a speed limit of 40mph. 'The incident itself happened on a corner of that road. The lorry driver, he described it as a blind corner where you are unable to see what is coming in the other direction due to an incline in the road and change in direction. 'He also remembered that the conditions that night were dark and wet. 'As he came around the corner in the lorry, he saw a grey car coming in the other direction - it was coming at some speed and initially it was in the correct lane for oncoming traffic, but as it came around the corner Mr Allen watched it slide, as he described it, into his lane. 'It continued to slide until it collided with the front of his lorry, the point of collision being towards the driver's side of the HGV. 'Mr Allen thought he was driving at around 20-25mph, so well within the speed limit, and he had braked his lorry when he first saw this car. 'Based on data from the airbag module in the defendant's BMW, the collision happened at 19.54pm, so six minutes to eight in the evening.' The prosecutor said using a combination of dash-cam footage, data recorded by the airbag module and witness evidence, a collision investigator had put together a reconstruction. The BMW 'had partly and then wholly crossed the white lines in the middle of the road,' said Mr Hookway. Jurors heard Zailac was driving at '98mph before the collision, representing something well over double the applicable speed limit for that road.' Following the crash Ms Nye-Diroyan was initially able to respond to the lorry driver by 'nodding her head', Mr Hookway said. But her condition deteriorated and despite the best efforts of doctors at the scene, resuscitation efforts failed she was pronounced dead at 9.46pm. Zailac was taken to the emergency department at Royal London Hospital. Mr Hookway told jurors: 'We will invite you to conclude that this (crash) is obviously from the reckless speed at which the vehicle was being driven, a speed wholly unsuitable for the road and the prevailing conditions. 'The effect of that driving was the lost of control of the BMW, causing it to collide with Mr Allen's lorry, which had the catastrophic effect of causing the death of Stephanie.'
Scottish Sun
03-08-2025
- Scottish Sun
I was on FaceTime call with my best friend when she was killed in a horror car crash – her screams will haunt me forever
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A YOUNG woman who was on FaceTime with her best pal when she was killed in a car crash says she'll be haunted by the memory forever. Ebony Neville heard tragic work colleague Stephanie Nye-Diroyan suddenly scream as the video call cut out. 9 Ivan Zailac and Stephanie Nye-Diroyan (right) just seconds before the fatal crash Credit: Ebony Neville 9 Stephanie, 21, was killed in the horror collision Credit: Central News 9 Ebony Neville (left) and Stephanie were best pals, having met at work months before Credit: Ebony Neville The 21-year-old then began frantically trying to call her friend back before getting into her own car and driving along the same route, eventually coming across the crash site. Stephanie, 21, was a passenger in a BMW being driven by another work colleague, Ivan Zaliac, 24, when they ploughed into a lorry at nearly 100mph on Mollison Avenue, in Enfield North London. Ebony told The Sun: "Seconds before the phone cut out you could hear the engine revving and Stephanie's scream - then it froze on her face." She added: 'I tried to ring her back - I don't know what I was thinking had happened. READ MORE NEWS DEATH SMASH Sales exec killed colleague in 100mph horror crash - but walks free from court 'I then got in my car and I didn't know where to go, I knew that they were in Brimsdown, in that local area, but I had no idea where.' Zaliac - who walked free from court last month after being deemed unfit to stand trial - had been giving Stephanie a lift on October 23 2022 after they finished work at nearby second hand car dealership Big Motoring World. Ebony was ill that day and Stephanie had agreed to stop off to see her on her way home when she died. The crash happened at 7.54pm. 'It was literally a quick call,' explained Ebony. 'She worked that day - it was a Sunday - and I wasn't in. 'It was a quick catch up, really. A catch up with a friend, that's all. She was such a good friend, she'd been non-stop checking in throughout the day - but couldn't ring me until she finished work. 'We were on the phone and then it froze on Stephanie's face, and the call cut out.' Three pedestrians injured by falling rubble as van crashes through multi-storey car park wall in UK city centre She added: 'I then rang her personal phone. I also rang Ivan's phone, both were disconnected and were being put through to voicemail.' Ebony said she waited 20 minutes and was 'still ringing during this time… just to try and find out what had happened'. She rang the police and found out there'd been a 'bad crash' in Brimsdown so 'drove around'. 'It wasn't too far from my house, it was about an 11-minute drive,' Ebony said. 'The road was blocked off. I hadn't been told who was involved in the crash or what had happened. 'I wasn't allowed to know any information.' She was then directed to The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel in the East End, where Stephanie had been taken. Holding back tears, Ebony said: 'I did everything I could that day and I wouldn't change anything. I went to the hospital… I wasn't allowed to know anything without Stephanie's mother knowing first.' 9 Zailac was deemed unfit to stand trial earlier this month Credit: Central News 9 Mollison Avenue in Brimsdown where the crash took place Credit: Google Maps 9 Stephanie and her mum Nicholle Diroyan (left) Credit: Ebony Neville A screen shot she captured of Stephanie during the call, a few minutes before the crash, was shown in court. Ebony took to the stand to give evidence. She said: 'I was quite upset and ran out of the room immediately afterwards, and put myself together before returning.' Zailac suffers from amnesia and doesn't remember the details of what happened after suffering a brain injury in the collision and subsequent psychiatric issues. He had been ruled unfit to stand trial so the jury had to formally decide whether he did the act alleged, namely causing Stephanie's death by dangerous driving. The jury then found he did carry out the act. Judge Sarah Munro, KC, said Zailac will be supervised by a nominated social worker and the Hillingdon mental health team for two years. 'This is the only way your mental health can be restored in order for a decision to be made as to whether there are further legal consequences for you to face,' the judge said. Prosecutor Frederick Hookway told the court that the Crown intends to put Zailac on trial if he recovers. 'The objective of this order is for the improvement of the defendant's mental health not only for his own sake but for the future of these proceedings,' he said. 'The crown do intend to reinstitute these proceedings when and if appropriate.' Stephanie's mum Nicholle Diroyan sobbed as she read her victim impact statement at the Old Bailey on July 7. She said: 'The pain of losing her is immeasurable and every day without her feels incomplete.' Ebony, who now lives in Manchester, has launched a petition to try and ensure Stephanie's family get justice. 'There's been three years of constant delays and adjournments - and now we're told it'll be 2027 before we know if Ivan can even stand trial. 'It's the waiting. We're left in the dark.'. 'I feel so sorry for Stephanie's mum Nicholle - who's always at the court but then left frustrated each time.' Ebony added: 'We were told the jury returned a verdict in a record time. Quickest for death by dangerous driving for 27 years. 'Despite this clear outcome, family and friends are waiting for justice.' Referring to the two-year order, she said: 'It's a deterrent of the law, rather than an enforcement.' She added: 'That grievance, when everything is brought back up. I'm quite shaky on this call, it's traumatic to relive the tragic crash and death of Stephanie.' Ebony went on to say: 'Stephanie was the most lovely, genuine, outgoing person. She was there for her friends, she was there for her family. 'If anyone needed her, she'd message, she'd ring, she'd be there for you. To see her face in the newspaper in such a tragic way, and yet we're still yet to receive any justice, is so heartbreaking.' Stephanie had hired Ebony several months before, and was her manager before being promoted to the finance department shortly prior to her death. 'We became friends so quickly,' she said. 'The week before she died we were in Manchester and Nottingham, just enjoying ourselves. 'I was always going round to hers and picking her up or going for lunch break. 'Sometimes we'd get a takeaway into work and would be sitting there with 10 different Greggs items. She was amazing.' Ebony added: 'We believe she's looking down on us so proud of us all.' For more on Ebony's petition see here. Do you know more? Email 9 Ebony had rushed out in her own car after learning about the crash Credit: Ebony Neville 9 Stephanie with her pals Ella, Mia and Millie on a night out Credit: Ebony Neville
The Guardian
27-07-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Private equity fund offers car tycoon €1.1m to settle claim over investment cash
A private equity company accused of ousting a multimillionaire used car salesman from his own business has offered to pay €1.1m (£950,000) to settle a separate case with him. Peter Waddell filed his first high court claim against Freshstream last year, alleging that the investment firm used an independent investigation into contested sexist, racist and abusive comments 'as a means of securing [his] exclusion' from his used car empire, Big Motoring World. Freshstream had acquired a one-third share in Big during 2022. In a second high court case, the founder also claimed that the private equity group had forced his forfeiture of a €1.5m investment into one of Freshstream funds because the firm viewed him as a 'nuisance' and 'was motivated by the primary desire to remove [a Waddell investment company] from the fund and end the ongoing relationship'. Freshstream, which says one of Waddell's companies was removed from the investment after refusing to make a scheduled payment, has now offered to settle the second claim by paying him €1.1m, which it calculates is Waddell's net contribution after previously receiving €450,000 from the fund. The firm made the offer while also stating that it acted properly, with its high court defence filing adding: 'Freshstream was entitled to exercise its discretion to forfeit [Waddell's company's] partnership interest in the fund when [it] failed to pay the sum due.' The parties have yet to agree to any settlement. The potential settlement comes as Waddell and Freshstream prepare for a high court showdown next year over the first legal claim, which centres on allegations that Waddell's April 2024 exit from Big was triggered by an investigation into his conduct. Waddell's court filings allege that he was prevented from responding to accusations of using 'extremely serious racist abuse and sexual harassment of female employees', and that the allegations were used by his 'capricious' investors to secure his 'exclusion from Big'. The businessman – who has autism, dyslexia and partial deafness, for which he now wears two hearing aids – had been signed off work by a doctor for four weeks with a heart condition on 28 March 2024, his court papers say, and was invited five days later – on 2 April – to an 'investigation interview' that would take place on 9 April. The court filings go on to claim that at the interview, 764 pages of evidence were to be considered. Waddell's lawyers requested more time but the company pressed on without him, on the basis that there would be an 'intolerable risk' to the business in delaying. Sign up to Business Today Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning after newsletter promotion The claims being made against Waddell, some of which were historical and were not formally dealt with by the company at the time, included allegedly telling a female cleaner: 'I bet you'd like to suck my dick?', according to defence filings submitted to the high court by a Freshstream holding company. The investigation found, having interviewed 22 sources, that a 'material default event' had occurred in 15 out of the 27 allegations, which Freshstream says justified Waddell's removal from the company. Aside from the specifics of the claim, the case is also likely to highlight a wider theme of founders claiming that some investment companies have used clauses in their agreements to oust entrepreneurs from their own companies.
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Car salesman, 24, who killed his colleague when he lost control of BMW and smashed into 26-tonne lorry at nearly 100mph walks free from court
A car sales executive who killed his colleague when he lost control of his BMW at nearly 100mph walked free with a supervision order as the victim's mother wept in court. Ivan Zailac, 24, ploughed into a 26-tonne truck at well over double the speed limit killing passenger Stephanie Nye-Diroyan, 21, in Enfield, north London, on October 23, 2022. The pair were colleagues at the second hand car dealership Big Motoring World. A colleague was FaceTiming them at the moment of impact and heard Stephanie scream before connection was lost. Zailac suffers from amnesia and doesn't remember the details of what happened after suffering a brain injury in the collision and subsequent psychiatric issues. He sat at the back of court between his parents laying on his mother or father's shoulder and had to be lifted up by them to stand when the judge came into court. Zailac had been been ruled unfit to stand trial so the jury had to formally decide whether he did the act alleged, namely causing Ms Nye-Diroyan's death by dangerous driving. The jury then found he did carry out the act. Judge Sarah Munro, KC, said Zailac will be supervised by a nominated social worker and the Hillingdon mental health team for two years. 'This is the only way your mental health can be restored in order for a decision to be made as to whether there are further legal consequences for you to face,' the judge said. Prosecutor Frederick Hookway told the court that the Crown intends to put Zailac on trial if he recovers. 'The objective of this order is for the improvement of the defendant's mental health not only for his own sake but for the future of these proceedings. 'The crown do intend to reinstitute these proceedings when and if appropriate.' Stephanie's mother Nicholle Diroyan sobbed as she read her victim impact statement in court. She said: 'Stephanie was my only child. The pain of losing her is immeasurable and every day without her feels incomplete. 'From a young age she was an incredibly happy chid always. Her inquisitive mind and thirst for learning shaped her joyful spirt. 'Her laughter was contagious, she was well mannered, respectful and deeply empathetic. She had a natural ability to sense others feelings and comfort them with her kind and thoughtful nature and she is remembered fondly by everyone who knew her. 'Stephanie and I shared a special unbreakable bond, she was my best friend and our connection was based on mutual care and support. 'Our weekends were filled with quality time together after working long hours. 'In her professional life Stephanie worked at Big Motoring World for over two years, she started as a reception manager and the week before she was killed was promoted to the finance team. 'Her dedication, work ethic and commitment to her team was apparent to everyone around her. 'Stephanie was the best of us and the love she gave will never be forgotten.. Her legacy lives on in the hearts of all who knew her. 'Over two years after losing her I am still fighting in court and I am still struggling to understand how the person responsible for her death has shown no remorse or taken any responsibility for his actions. 'The lack of accountability from those who caused the death and the pain from the injustice makes the loss even more unbearable. 'I have tried to do everything I can to pursue justice. No amount of time or legal proceedings will ever bring Stephanie back but I will keep fighting in the hope no other parent will ever have to face this dreadful loss without the accountability that is so desperately needed.' Stephanie's aunt Michelle Diroyan said they were 'closer than any family could be' and remembered making fancy dress outfits for Stephanie to wear to school including an Amy Winehouse outfit where she won first prize. Her grandmother Sheila Ballis said Stephanie and her mother had lived with her until Stephanie was 14. 'We did so much together. She loved and enjoyed all life had to offer her and I was so proud to call her my granddaughter. 'We used to call her the class clown as she was always the one to make us laugh. 'All of this is because she was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver had no regard for the speed limit, taking our Stephanie's life and destroying our lives too.' Judge Munro said: 'This court deals with many, many cases where lives have been taken at the hands of others but rarely do we deal with cases as tragic as this one. 'Stephanie's joyful life was snuffed out in an instant. Her mother will never recover from her grief and as a result of losing her beloved daughter her life will never be the same again. 'What's clear to me is that Stephanie lived life to the full. She had her whole life ahead of her and would undoubtedly have shone in her working and personal life. 'She was a wonderful young woman who was taken away from everyone far too soon. 'Perhaps the only comfort is from Stephanie making the most of every moment for her life, that she lived life to the full and had so many best nights of her life- but far too few.' Addressing Zailac she said: 'On October, 23, 2022 you were driving a powerful three litre BMW lent to you by your father. 'This court has noted the severe distress upon your father, no doubt living with the guilt that he lent you that car on that night. 'You suffered physical injuries including a traumatic brain injury and psychological consequences and at this stage you were found unfit to be tried. 'Therefore my powers are extremely limited and that is obviously extremely frustrating and distressing for Stephanie's mother and family.' The judge told Stephanie's family that Zailac and his family had expressed 'very considerable remorse and guilt' in the reports she had read. Referring to Zailac and his family's distress, she said: 'This isn't put on, you might think it is, but it's not.' Earlier Dr Jaleel Mohammed told the court Zailac had suffered a brain injury. He said: 'The evidence from the medical records showed that he had suffered a brain injury. 'He subsequently had amnesia after the accident itself. 'My opinion on the matter is that the amnesia was caused by the traumatic brain injury, and not a psychiatric condition. 'The amnesia is not a psychiatric condition but it's a neurological condition.' Mr Hookway said Zailac drove a BMW, an M340D, at approximately 98mph on Mollison Avenue, an A-road in north London that has a speed limit of 40mph. 'And it is alleged that due to the speed and manner of his driving he lost control of that vehicle, causing it to crash into an oncoming lorry that was driving in the opposite direction. 'Stephanie Nye-Diyoran at the time was in the front passenger seat. 'She was caused death by serious injury due to the collision between the vehicle and the lorry, and despite the attention and efforts of emergency services, she was tragically pronounced dead the scene.' Mr Hookway said lorry driver Andre Allen had one passenger with him. 'Their route started at a depot in Enfield, the destination was Covent Garden. 'The route took them southbound along Mollison Avenue. The road has a single carriageway in each direction and a speed limit of 40mph. 'The incident itself happened on a corner of that road. 'The lorry driver, he described it as a blind corner where you are unable to see what is coming in the other direction due to an incline in the road and change in direction. 'He also remembered that the conditions that night were dark and wet. 'As he came around the corner in the lorry, he saw a grey car coming in the other direction - it was coming at some speed and initially it was in the correct lane for oncoming traffic, but as it came around the corner Mr Allen watched it slide, as he described it, into his lane. 'It continued to slide until it collided with the front of his lorry, the point of collision being towards the driver's side of the HGV. 'Mr Allen thought he was driving at around 20-25mph, so well within the speed limit, and he had braked his lorry when he first saw this car. 'Based on data from the airbag module in the defendant's BMW, the collision happened at 19.54pm, so six minutes to eight in the evening.' The prosecutor said using a combination of dash-cam footage, data recorded by the airbag module and witness evidence, a collision investigator had put together a reconstruction. The BMW 'had partly and then wholly crossed the white lines in the middle of the road,' said Mr Hookway. Jurors heard Zailac was driving at '98mph before the collision, representing something well over double the applicable speed limit for that road.' Following the crash Ms Nye-Diroyan was initially able to respond to the lorry driver by 'nodding her head', Mr Hookway said. But her condition deteriorated and despite the best efforts of doctors at the scene, resuscitation efforts failed she was pronounced dead at 21.46pm. Zailac was taken to the emergency department at Royal London Hospital. Dr Gourinath Tokachichu earlier said Zailac 'hasn't got the emotional strength at this stage to engage in any kind of discussion about the court case. 'Because of this, his mental disorder is ongoing and his symptoms are ongoing, and sometimes getting worse.' Dr Tokachichu suggested Zailac is suffering from a treatable post-traumatic stress disorder condition. Zailac, of Greycote Place, Ruislip, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and the jury found he carried out the act.
The Sun
07-07-2025
- The Sun
Sales exec killed colleague when he ploughed BMW into 26-tonne truck in 100mph horror crash – but walks free from court
A SALES executive killed his colleague in a 100mph horror crash after ploughing his BMW into a 26-tonne truck. Ivan Zailac, 24, was driving Stephanie Nye-Diroyan, 21, through Enfield, North London, when he lost control of the car. 3 A fellow colleague at second hand car dealership Big Motoring World was Facetiming the pair when she heard Stephanie scream. Zailac has now walked free after the court heard he suffers from amnesia after suffering a brain injury in the crash. He had been ruled unfit to stand trial but a jury found he did cause Stephanie's death by dangerous driving. Judge Sarah Munro KC passed a supervision order that means Zailac will be supervised by a nominated social worker and the Hillingdon mental health team for two years. She said: "This is the only way your mental health can be restored in order for a decision to be made as to whether there are further legal consequences for you to face." Prosecutor Frederick Hookway told the court that the Crown intends to put Zailac on trial if he recovers. In a harrowing victim impact statement, Stephanie's mum Nicholle Diroyan sobbed as she paid tribute to her only child. She told how her daughter was an "incredibly happy child" with an "inquisitive mind and thirst for learning". Nicholle said: "Stephanie and I shared a special unbreakable bond, she was my best friend and our connection was based on mutual care and support. "Stephanie was the best of us and the love she gave will never be forgotten. Her legacy lives on in the hearts of all who knew her. "Over two years after losing her I am still fighting in court and I am still struggling to understand how the person responsible for her death has shown no remorse or taken any responsibility for his actions. "The lack of accountability from those who caused the death and the pain from the injustice makes the loss even more unbearable. "I have tried to do everything I can to pursue justice. "No amount of time or legal proceedings will ever bring Stephanie back but I will keep fighting in the hope no other parent will ever have to face this dreadful loss without the accountability that is so desperately needed." The court heard on October 23, 2022, Zailac was driving Stephanie in his dad's powerful BMW when the horror unfolded. He had been speeding at around 98mph on a 40mph road when he lost control and drove into the path of an oncoming lorry. Stephanie, who was sitting in the front of the car, tragically couldn't be saved and was declared dead at the scene. Dr Jaleel Mohammed told the court Zailac had suffered a brain injury and amnesia that stopped him from remembering the crash. He confirmed the amnesia was a neurological condition and not a psychiatric one. Sentencing, Judge Munro said: "This court deals with many, many cases where lives have been taken at the hands of others but rarely do we deal with cases as tragic as this one. "Stephanie's joyful life was snuffed out in an instant. Her mother will never recover from her grief and as a result of losing her beloved daughter her life will never be the same again. "What's clear to me is that Stephanie lived life to the full. She had her whole life ahead of her and would undoubtedly have shone in her working and personal life. "Perhaps the only comfort is from Stephanie making the most of every moment for her life, that she lived life to the full and had so many best nights of her life - but far too few." 3
