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| A Portuguese lorry driver has been jailed for causing the deaths of a family of six by careless driving. | |
| David and Michelle Statham and their four children, from Llandudno, north Wales, died when a lorry hit their car as they travelled home from Birmingham. | David and Michelle Statham and their four children, from Llandudno, north Wales, died when a lorry hit their car as they travelled home from Birmingham. |
| Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, had denied causing the deaths by dangerous driving or by careless driving on the M6 in Cheshire last October. | Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, had denied causing the deaths by dangerous driving or by careless driving on the M6 in Cheshire last October. |
| He was jailed for three years by a judge at Chester Crown Court. | |
| Da Silva was convicted of six counts of causing death by careless driving. | |
| Mr and Mrs Statham, originally from Sutton Coldfield, had made the journey to the Midlands partly to introduce their 10-week baby, Ellouise, to family and friends. | |
| However, the family died when their silver people carrier burst into flames after it was involved in a five-vehicle pile-up between junctions 16 and 17 on the M6. | |
| The Statham's sons Reece, 13, Jay, nine, and Mason, 20 months, also died in the crash. |