Miles Parry has been found not guilty of causing the death of teenager Bella Canfield when he struck her with his car in 2022. Mr Parry's trial for dangerous driving causing death lasted almost two weeks. Ms Canfield's parents said the verdict was heartbreaking.
00:00Miles Parry has been found not guilty of causing the death of Bella Canfield when he struck her with his car three years ago.
00:0711 of 12 jurors in the trial agreed to the verdict after five days of deliberating.
00:13The Canfield family has expressed their disappointment with the decision.
00:17We were hoping that common sense would avail. We thought it was black and white.
00:21We thought that we would get justice for it.
00:24We haven't moved on for the last three years.
00:27From the word go, we actually never wanted him to have a prison sentence or anything like that.
00:35We didn't want another mother to be without their child.
00:37Mr Parry has maintained that he did not see Ms Canfield until the moment of the collision.
00:42The prosecution told the court Mr Parry had a clear view of the road for at least a kilometre before his car hit Ms Canfield.
00:48But the defence argued that there was not enough evidence of Bella Canfield's movements before the collision for the jury to reach a guilty verdict.
