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Ateenage boywhocrashedinto a car and left its driverparalyzedfrom the neck down wasjailedfor 26 months on Monday.
Upon impact, Catherine, who was formerly a fitness instructor, suffered severe brain and spinal injuries.
She can no longer talk or walk for the rest of her life.
Judge Anthony Bate said it was absolutely remarkable that the defendant did not cause an accident with someone sooner.
The lead investigating officer, Sgt.
He later added, The use of a mobilephoneis one of the fatal four offences.
It is distracting and put simply, its dangerous.
It doesnt matter what you are using it for, you are putting every road user at risk.
They said she was known to be determined and would put anything and everything in her hands.
They hope the traumatic past 22 months will raise awareness so these types of accidents never happen again.
At 9:56am, the first clip was sent out.
Twenty-seven minutes later, a second one showed that his knees were handling the steering wheel.
At 10:35am, George received a text message from an anonymous person which read, Dont approve.
To this, he responded, Why not.
Around a half hour later, at approximately 11:06am, George crashed into Catherine.
She was in a Skoda Fabia when the 17-year-old collided with the rear of her vehicle.
Hed held his license for less than 12 weeks at the time of the crash.
Emergencyservices arrived immediately to transport Catherine to the hospital.
In the victim impact statement, her father said, She will never breathe for herself again.
She will never taste food again.
She will never be able to hug her son again.
I cannot say anything more than sorry.
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