
一位母亲在一名司机因杀害她的两个孩子而服刑一半后获释后,将司法制度形容为“耻辱”。
A mother has described the justice system as a "disgrace" after a driver who killed her two children was released from prison after serving half of his sentence.
马丁·纽曼(Martin Newman),45岁,于2022年2月5日在纽波特附近的M4高速公路上,因将他的货车撞入家人静止的汽车,导致四岁的格雷西-安(Gracie-Ann)和三岁的杰登-李(Jayden-Lee)死亡。
Martin Newman, 45, killed four-year-old Gracie-Ann and Jayden-Lee, three, after crashing his van into the family's stationary car on the M4 near Newport on 5 February 2022.
30岁的瑞安农·卢卡斯(Rhiannon Lucas)表示,纽曼在驾驶时饮用了红酒,体内还含有可卡因痕迹,他在服满九年四个月刑期的一半后被释放。
Rhiannon Lucas, 30, said Newman - who had been drinking red wine while driving and had traces of cocaine in his system - had been released halfway through his sentence of nine years and four months.
司法部(MOJ)表示,任何获假释释放的罪犯“必须严格遵守条件,否则可能被送回监狱”。司法部还表示,它已将“因醉酒或危险驾驶导致死亡的罪行”排除在最近的量刑修改之外,这意味着“数百名更多罪犯将在监狱中服更长时间的刑期”。
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said any offenders released on licence "must abide by strict conditions or risk being sent back to prison." The MOJ also said it had "blocked death by drunk or dangerous driving offences" from recent sentencing changes meaning "hundreds more offenders stay behind bars for longer".
来自布莱纳乌·格温特特雷德加的瑞安农表示,纽曼只服刑了一半就被释放,这“令人痛心”。
Rhiannon, from Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, said it was "pathetic" Newman had only served half of his sentence.
“他可以自由地为所欲为,而我的两个宝宝却躺在坟墓里,”她说。“司法制度是一个耻辱。”她补充说,她“非常愤怒”,并一直试图与假释委员会取得联系。纽曼并非作为政府提前释放囚犯计划的一部分而获释。
"He's a free man to do whatever he pleases while my two babies are lying in a grave," she said. "The justice system is a disgrace." She added that she was "very angry" and had been trying to speak with the parole board. Newman has not been released as part of the government's early prison release scheme.
“今天,缓刑官给我打电话告诉我,他已经从监狱释放了,”瑞安农说。
"Today the probation officer called me and told me he has been released from jail," Rhiannon said.
“由于他那天的自私行为,我将永远无法再抱抱我的孩子们,也永远听不到他们的笑声。”瑞安农说,格雷西-安和杰登-李的妹妹夏默-格雷西(Summer-Gracie),现在三岁,将“永远无法见到那些本会如此爱她的兄弟姐妹”。
"I'll never hold my children again or hear their laughter again because of his selfish actions that day." Rhiannon said Gracie-Ann and Jayden-Lee's sister, Summer-Gracie, who is now three, would "never get to meet her siblings who would have loved her so much".

“他毁掉了我的家庭,而现在他却成了自由人。”纽曼来自内斯港塔尔博特的克罗瑟尔韦(Croeserw),在事故当天凌晨05:00前,他一直在吸食可卡因,并喝了伏特加和10罐苹果酒。
"He destroyed my family and now he's a free man." Newman, from Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot, had been taking cocaine and drank vodka and 10 cans of cider until 05:00 on the day of the crash.
由于宿醉和疲惫导致无法工作,他决定从莱斯特开车回家前往尼思港塔尔博特,他在莱斯特曾受雇为一名油漆工和装饰工。
His court case heard because he was too hungover and tired to work, he decided to make the drive home to Neath Port Talbot from Leicester, where he had been employed as a painter and decorator.
他在驾驶时饮用红酒,血液酒精浓度超过法定限值两倍,体内还检测出可卡因痕迹,随后驾驶福特Transit货车撞上了家人的红色福特Fiesta。
He had been drinking red wine while driving, was twice over the drink-driving limit, and had traces of cocaine in his system when he crashed his Ford Transit van into the family's red Ford Fiesta.
由于格雷西在从生日派对返回途中感到不适,全家在高速公路上靠边停车。
The family had pulled over on the motorway because Gracie had been feeling unwell while returning from a birthday party.
孩子们被送往威尔士大学医院(位于卡迪夫)的重症监护室。瑞安农和孩子们的父亲也被送往医院。格雷西-安因伤势严重导致心脏骤停,次日去世。杰登于2月11日去世。
The children were taken to the intensive care unit of University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. Rhiannon and the children's father were also taken to hospital. Gracie-Ann suffered a cardiac arrest due to the severity of her injuries and died the following day. Jayden died on 11 February.
纽曼承认两项因危险驾驶致人死亡的罪名和一项因危险驾驶致人重伤的罪名。
Newman admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

他于2022年4月在卡迪夫皇家法院受审,被判处有期徒刑并禁止驾驶14年零8个月。
He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court in April 2022 and banned from driving for 14 years and eight months.
瑞安农表示,她现在怀有另一个孩子,“这个孩子永远见不到他们的兄弟姐妹”。
Rhiannon said she was now expecting another baby "who will never meet their siblings".
“相反,我在孩子们的生日、圣诞节以及他们永远不会看到的所有里程碑时,只有两座坟墓可以拜访,”她说。
"Instead, I have two graves to visit on birthdays and Christmas and all the milestones my children will never see," she said.
“我也在服着自己的无期徒刑——那是悲伤,而他却可以自由地生活。”司法部发言人表示:“这是一起毁灭性的犯罪,我们对受害者的亲友表示最深切的同情。”
"I've got a life sentence of my own - one of grief, while he is free to live his life." A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "This was a devastating crime, and our deepest sympathies go out to the victims' loved ones.
“获释并不意味着自由。任何获假释释放的罪犯都必须严格遵守条件,否则可能被送回监狱。”
"Release does not mean freedom. Any offender released on licence must abide by strict conditions or risk being sent back to prison.
“我们已将因酒驾或危险驾驶导致死亡的罪行排除在最近的量刑改革之外,因此数百名更多罪犯将被关押更长时间。”
"We have blocked death by drunk or dangerous driving offences from recent sentencing changes, so hundreds more offenders stay behind bars for longer."