Family of hit-and-run victim react after man jailed for trolling them

Shropshire Star

Family of Dylan Price react outside Telford Magistrates Court after David Brown was jailed for sending them malicious messages on social media over the death of the 17-year-old.

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00:00So, I'm here outside court after the sentencing of David Brown. David Brown sent malicious

00:09messages to the family of Dylan Price, who was sadly a victim of a hit-and-run in Bishop's

00:17Castle. Brown has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. I'm here with Izzy, Livvy, Dylan's

00:26sister and Steve, Bristowe's stepdad. So, guys, what's your immediate reaction to that

00:33sentence? I think he's got the sentencing that we were all hoping for, really. We didn't

00:39think it was going to come to this, but I think the judge has been able to see the severity

00:43of it all and what we all had to go through. So, I think it is good that he's got the sentence

00:49that we all wanted and everyone can see the seriousness of it all. And Steve described

00:56to me kind of how has it affected you all going through this process, because we've

01:01been here before. Brown initially admitted this, but then tried to vacate his guilty

01:07pleas and has essentially dragged this on for a couple of years, well, nearly two years

01:14now, until finally facing justice today. Yeah, well, it could have been at the beginning

01:22if he'd have owned up. It could have been dealt with two years ago. Obviously, the pain

01:30is just, not just for me and Dylan's mum, for his sisters, the whole family. It's dragged

01:37on now for two years. Today, it feels like a little bit of stress has been lifted. It's

01:45a relief, isn't it? We don't have to keep coming to court getting any more answers.

01:49We've got the endings of it all now. It's a sentence that didn't need to be done if

01:58he'd have owned up at the beginning, because potentially it's ruined his family as well,

02:04what he's done. I don't think he's seen the effects it's had, not just on Oslo, but on

02:11his own family. I mean, he's got three kids himself. We can shut that chapter on him now

02:18and try and move on with what we need to do as a family now. Carry on grieving now without

02:25him hanging out with us.

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