Overview
- Danielle Mitten, 34, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after hitting 20-year-old Lucy Atkins in Birmingham’s Quinton district.
- She received a sentence of five years and four months in prison, a driving ban of seven years and eight months, and must pass an extended test before driving again.
- Investigators found Mitten had reached up to 82mph in a 40mph zone and struck Lucy at about 63mph.
- Lucy Atkins, a Cardiff University business management student, and the family’s Lakeland Terrier, Simba, were killed on West Boulevard on June 24 last year.
- Her family described her as a “force of nature” and said her brother forgave the driver, expressing hope that public awareness will deter dangerous speeding.