An engineer has been jailed for four years for causing the death of two young sisters in a road accident in Birmingham .
Michael Junior , 35, of Copthall Road, Handsworth, admitted two charges of causing the death of seven-year-old Lily Wu and Shelley Wu, six by dangerous driving.
They were struck by his Seat Leon in Grove Lane, Handsworth, on June 21 last year.
He was also banned from driving for five years.
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Lily and Shelley Wu: Driver jailed for four years after sisters killed as they crossed road
11:10, 11 FEB 2016 UPDATED 11:16, 11 FEB 2016 BY BRETT GIBBONS
Michael Junior, 35, admitted causing death by dangerous driving in Handsworth
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Shelley, left, and Lily Wu in a picture released by Wilkes Green Infant School.
An engineer has been jailed for four years for causing the death of two young sisters in a road accident in Birmingham .
Michael Junior , 35, of Copthall Road, Handsworth, admitted two charges of causing the death of seven-year-old Lily Wu and Shelley Wu, six by dangerous driving.
They were struck by his Seat Leon in Grove Lane, Handsworth, on June 21 last year.
He was also banned from driving for five years.
Junior also admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving to the sisters' 39-year-old mother Zhulan Wu and two other children, who cannot be identified, when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court for sentence on Thursday morning.
The court had earlier heard from prosecutors that Junior was driving at 47mph when he smashed into the girls and family members who were crossing the road.
An engineer has been jailed for four years for causing the death of two young sisters in a road accident in Birmingham .
Michael Junior , 35, of Copthall Road, Handsworth, admitted two charges of causing the death of seven-year-old Lily Wu and Shelley Wu, six by dangerous driving.
They were struck by his Seat Leon in Grove Lane, Handsworth, on June 21 last year.
He was also banned from driving for five years.
Michael Junior at Birmingham Crown Court.
Michael Junior at Birmingham Crown Court.
Junior also admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving to the sisters' 39-year-old mother Zhulan Wu and two other children, who cannot be identified, when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court for sentence on Thursday morning.
The court had earlier heard from prosecutors that Junior was driving at 47mph when he smashed into the girls and family members who were crossing the road.
Witnesses reported seeing a group of people walk out in front of a parked bus before the accident.
Sentencing Junior, Judge Murray Creed said: "You were driving at one and a half times the speed limit, you were passing a bus with little or no visibility."
The judge added: "The lives of two young children have been ended by your driving.
"You caused injury to the three others and significant psychological trauma to Mrs Wu."
The girls' mother is continuing to recover from serious head injuries.
I really don't get how someone could do this, I knew someone who did this once.. It was my exes dad. He got sent to prison for failing to stop at the scene of an accident
