Mother of girl who burned to death in blazing car slams 'despicable' driver boyfriend who left her to die
By Daily Mail Reporter
The mother of the teenage girl who burned to death in a crashed car has hit out at her 'despicable' boyfriend who left her to die.
Waqas Arshad, 24, crashed into a tree but told emergency services there was nobody inside, despite knowing 17-year-old Emily Brady was trapped in the burning wreckage. Yesterday, Miss Brady's mother Patricia said: 'It was despicable behaviour to make no attempt to try and pull her out of the car.'
It was only as firefighters tackled the blaze that they realised the teenager was in the car, still strapped into the passenger seat.
Arshad, of Luton, pleaded guilty yesterday to causing death by careless driving while over the alcohol limit, and causing death by driving while uninsured.
Speaking outside Luton Crown Court today Mrs Brady, 48, said the family were shocked at hearing Arshad had left his girlfriend in the car and made no effort to help her.
She said: "Emily lost her precious life on November 2, changing forever the lives of those of us that love her. This was a community tragedy."
She said Emily was a full-time student at college, training to be an accountant, and worked on Saturdays at Sainsburys.
'There is a very good reason why drinking and driving is illegal - the consequence is there are many victims,' she added.
'Emily lost her life so horrifically, there are many years of pain ahead. I will never recover from this enormous loss, her terrible absence will be with us until we die.
'However, I am shocked and distressed to learn at this hearing that Waqas Arshad denied she was in the car, made no attempt to rescue her, and in fact lied to the emergency services that she was in the car, trying to conceal her body.'
Natalie Carter, prosecuting at Luton Crown Court, told the court Arshad lost control and crashed into a tree in Eversholt, Bedfordshire, at 3am on November 2 last year.
But instead of calling for help, he got out of the car and did nothing.Mrs Carter said: 'After the collision it's plain that Emily Brady was in the passenger seat; the defendant in the driver's seat.
'She did not die as a result of the injuries received in the collision, which included two broken vertebrae, but she died as a result of carbonisation.'
The court - packed with relatives of Miss Brady, who lived in Dunstable - heard how firefighters answering a call from a witness asked Arshad if there was anyone in the car. He told them 'no'.
The couple had been together for about six months and had been out drinking together that night. It had been raining and the road surface was wet.
Mrs Carter said Arshad had failed to negotiate a right-hand turn on the country lane and crashed into a sycamore tree.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1188904/Emily-Brady-left-die-blazing-car-driver-boyfriend-told-crews-inside.htmlA Muslim with no value for human life? I'm sooooooooo surprised!!!
