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| Toddler crash death driver jailed | |
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| A woman who killed a 15-month-old boy when she lost control of her car and crashed into his pushchair has been jailed for seven years. | |
| Katie Gutierrez-Perez had admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of Finlay Woods in Chingford, east London, in September. | Katie Gutierrez-Perez had admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of Finlay Woods in Chingford, east London, in September. |
| Gutierrez-Perez, 40, was drunk when she crashed her 4x4 car. | |
| Finlay was with his mother and grandmother in Cavendish Road when the car mounted the kerb and hit them. | |
| At an earlier hearing, Gutierrez-Perez, of Selwyn Avenue, Chingford, wept as she admitted causing the boy's death while behind the wheel. | |
| Snaresbrook Crown Court in London heard that the mother-of-two was driving to hospital after a failed suicide attempt. | |
| Moments before the crash in September last year, a car tax inspector had tried to stop her driving the powerful vehicle. | |
| Finlay's mother Tina Woods, 31, had said that no jail term would ease their suffering, but expressed relief that a dangerous driver was "off the streets". | Finlay's mother Tina Woods, 31, had said that no jail term would ease their suffering, but expressed relief that a dangerous driver was "off the streets". |