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| Toddler crash death driver jailed | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Moments before the crash in September last year, a car tax inspector had tried to stop her driving the powerful vehicle. |
| In sentencing the former restaurateur, Judge Timothy King said: "I acknowledge that you have to live with Finlay's death on your conscience for the rest of your life, but your criminal behaviour that afternoon will have left its mark on this family for the rest of their lives." | |
| Finlay's mother Tina Woods, 31, provided the court with a statement detailing her loss. | |
| "I have constant reminders of Finlay's short life - his toys, clothes and cot, which is still made up from the morning on 18th September," Mrs Woods wrote. |