'Neither of them deserved to die at such a young age and by such actions'

There were emotional scenes in court as a judge heard of the devastation caused by Idris Ibn-Haroon

The parents of two schoolgirls killed in a 3am horror crash caused by a speeding teenage driver said 'there is no greater pain than burying a child' as they revealed how their lives have been 'destroyed'.

Idrees Ibn-Haroon, 19, from Stockport, was 'showing off' and travelling at 'closing in on twice the speed limit' as he lost control of his mother's Vauxhall Corsa on a bend on the A6 Buxton Road in Disley, Cheshire, and ploughed into an oncoming car.

Mariah Hussein, 16, and her 13-year-old cousin Kiara O'Lisa, from Manchester, were both killed. Mariah's sister Saira, 21, and a 14-year-old boy who were also in the car, were injured as was the driver of the Ford Fiesta they smashed into, along with her partner.

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On Friday, Ibn-Haroon was jailed after a court heard he ignored several pleas from Saira and Mariah for him to slow down shortly before the crash.

He is said to have asked them 'do you want to go, scary place?' before they begged him to 'chill out' and 'drive sensibly'. Before passing sentence, the Recorder of Chester Judge Steven Everett heard statements on the impact Haroon's driving had had on both the others involved in the crash, as well as the families of the girls who died.

Lucy O'Lisa, mother of Kiara, said her daughter 'had her whole life in front of her and it has been taken away'.

"You never expect your child to pass away before you," she said. "I have cried myself to sleep thinking about Kaira and how I wish it could have been me, not her. I sometimes think this was just a dream and that Kiara will come through the door at any moment."

She said since her death she had 'not been the same' and had felt depressed and suicidal. However, she said she knew she 'had to see things through see justice is done'.

Rozenah Ahmed, the mother of Mariah, said: "I miss her beautiful eyes and soft voice. My daughter's life has been destroyed. There's no greater pain than burying your own child.

"Losing a child breaks your heart into pieces you didn't know existed. I love my children. But I lost my Mariah and I couldn't even say goodbye." Mariah's dad Ashfaq Hussein said he had had 'fatherhood snatched from the grasp of my hands.'

Fozia Mukhtar, the auntie of both Mariah and Kaira, said Mariah was a 'beautiful child' who had a 'huge love for life.' "She touched the lives of everyone she met," she said. She added Kaira was a 'lovely girl' with a 'big sense of humour.'

"Both my nieces were popular and well-liked," she said. She added that since their deaths she had 'struggled to sleep or have any interest in life'. "I miss them so much," she said.

Mariah's sister Saira Hussein, who was sat in the front passenger seat of the car, said: "No amount of words can show the effect this has had on me. To lose my beautiful, precious sister. My everything. And my cousin Kaira. Neither of them deserved to die at such a young age and by such actions.

"I am constantly re-living the accident in my mind looking for ways I could have averted it." At this point, Recorder Everett said: "It's one of the reactions someone may feel but it's really important she understands she was in no way at fault."

"I don't know if I will ever be the same again," she added as she revealed she was now being treated for PTSD. "It's possible I have been changed forever."

The father of the 14-year-old boy said his son was 'holding hands with Kaira whilst the crash happened and realised she was dead whilst still holding her hand.'

He said his son had 'suffered significantly in terms of his mental health' and now had PTSD. He said he 'almost become mute.' "He used to be bubbly and talkative but now he barely says a word," he said.

Prosecutor Brett Williamson appeared visibly moved as he read the statements. Amina Ahmad, cousin of both Mariah and Kiara, fought back tears as she read out her statement in person from the witness box. She said: "They weren't just my cousins. They were my babies, my sisters, my confidantes. Each day I wake up to the crushing reality of their absence and all I can do is talk to pictures or listen to videos of them speaking."

Ibn-Haroon was travelling up to 57mph when he lost control

The court heard that after picking them up on the evening of March, 18 last year, Ibn-Haroon had taken the group of youngsters for a drive in the hills around Buxton. They were on their way back to Greater Manchester and were on the A6 Buxton Road in Disley, near Stockport, at around 3am when the fatal crash happened.

Police experts calculated he was travelling at between 48mph and 57mph when he went around a left-hand bend and lost control. The back end of his car entered the opposite, Buxton-bound lane almost sideways on where a Ford Fiesta, being driven by 21-year-old student Tamera Everitt-Brown, who was travelling back to Sheffield from Manchester Airport with her partner Lewis Gee, smashed into it

The airbags in both cars activated and other passing motorists stopped to help as emergency services raced to the scene. Despite extensive resuscitation efforts tragically Mariah and Kaira both suffered multiple serious injuries and were declared dead at the scene.

Neither Saira, the 14-year-old, Ms Everitt-Brown nor Mr Gee suffered life-threatening injuries. However, Ms Everitt-Brown was knocked unconscious and was taken to hospital after suffering a serious head wound which had to be stitched. The court heard she still had a memory blank for around ten hours before, during, and after the collision.

The wound has left a four-inch permanent scar. In her victim impact statement, she said she now shaved the part of her where the scar was as she had decided she 'didn't want to hide it away.'

She said: "Part of me wants to say sorry to the families of the girls. Sorry for being the car that was in the way." "The collision is something I will never forget as long as I live," she added.

Claire Ashcroft, defending Ibn-Haroon, said he was 'extremely, and genuinely remorseful' for his actions. "There's no more he can do. Nothing he says or no sentence can change what has happened," she said.

'Child killer' shouted in court

Ibn-Haroon, of Gloucester Road, Heald Green, was jailed for two years and eight months after admitting two counts of causing death by careless driving. He will serve half before being released on licence. He was also banned from driving for three years from the point of his release.

There were angry scenes in court, with shouts of 'child killer 'and 'do you think you've got away with it, yeah?' from the public gallery as he was led down to the cells.

After the judge had left court there was then shouting and angry exchanges involving the victims' and defendant's families which saw police officers and court security have to step in.

Passing sentence, Recorder Everett said: "The facts are depressingly familiar to this court. It is a fact that young men such as yourselves get behind the wheel of a car, which in the wrong hands can become a lethal weapon, drive very badly, put people at risk, and put yourself at risk.

"Perhaps because of immaturity, you don't see it, when you should. But you were 18 and you should have seen the consequences of your actions.

"You were driving on a road far too fast, closing in on twice the speed limit. It wasn't a dry road. It was raining and the road was wet. It was greasy. It increases the seriousness of the position.

"You were warned on a number of occasions, it's impossible to say how many, to slow down. But like so many young men you were showing off how fast you could drive. And the almost inevitable happened."

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