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| Quad bike death father sentenced | |
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| A father who admitted manslaughter over the death of his daughter, aged seven, after a quad bike crash has been given a nine-month suspended prison sentence. | |
| Gary Cooke, 46, from Blackmore, Essex, was also banned from riding quad bikes on public roads for two years. | |
| The girl died on Boxing Day last year after a collision with a Range Rover near the family home. | |
| Judge Christopher Ball QC said, at Chelmsford Crown Court, Cooke's jail term would be suspended for two years. | |
| Elizabeth died when the quad bike she was riding collided with a vehicle near her home while she and her brother, Jack, 10, were riding the quad bikes they had been given for Christmas, a police spokesman said. | |
| The children were riding behind a Range Rover driven by their father when Elizabeth's machine hit another Range Rover travelling in the opposite direction. | The children were riding behind a Range Rover driven by their father when Elizabeth's machine hit another Range Rover travelling in the opposite direction. |
| She died shortly after arriving at hospital in nearby Chelmsford. | She died shortly after arriving at hospital in nearby Chelmsford. |