Antonio Boparan (28), the heir to a £130 million food manufacturing fortune, could face charges of causing death by dangerous driving as the girl who was left brain damaged and paralysed after the car accident nine years ago, died on Saturday 17th October 2015, at Birmingham Children's Hospital. Cerys Edwards died from an infection.
Boparan, from Little Aston, West Midlands, who was 19 at the time, was alleged to have driven his Range Rover sport SUV at 70mph on the wrong side of the road in a 30mph zone, in November 2006. His vehicle crashed into her family's jeep, which broke her spine and left her paralysed.
In April 2008, Boparan was found guilty of dangerous driving and was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment, however, he was released six months into the sentence.
The Edwards family are now called the police, asking them to bring new charges of causing death by dangerous driving against him. Cerys' father, Gareth Edwards said, “At the first court case I think the judge said if Cerys died they would be looking at death by dangerous driving in the future, he only served six months and Cerys has lost her life. She was left on a ventilator after the crash, she caught a virus and that has killed her. She wouldn't have been in that position if it wasn't for the crash.”
