AN UNLICENSED driver who was travelling at almost three times over the speed limit when he killed a teenage boy has had his sentence increased by one year.
Liam Wilson, of Livingstone Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield, was jailed at Bolton Crown Court in September after pleading guilty to causing the death by dangerous driving of former Hope Academy pupil Jack Worwood.
But there was outrage at the length of the sentence of four years in prison handed to the 21-year-old.
In a statement, Greater Manchester Police said the sentence had been increased to five years in prison by the Royal Courts of Justice in London today (Friday).
That is an additional year on top of the four years in prison originally imposed.
The Star reported earlier this month how the Solicitor General had referred the sentencing of Wilson to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Victim: Jack Worwood
His disqualification from driving has also been increased from five years and ten months to six years and six months.
Following his ban, Wilson will also have to take an extended retest should he wish to drive.
In September, Bolton Crown Court heard that Wilson was driving at approximately 58 miles per hour on a 20 miles per hour stretch of road on Old Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield at 4.30pm on Tuesday, July 7.
Wilson was driving a silver Jaguar X Type at high speed in a north westerly direction and approached a blind bend, causing him to lose control and mount the nearside pavement where 13-year-old Jack, who had previously lived in Newton-le-Willows, was walking.
The teenager was on his way to play football and was struck by the Jaguar, sustaining serious injuries.
Andrew and Catherine Worwood, parents of their "amazing, clever and funny" son, later went looking for him to find paramedics battling to save his life on the street in Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
A day later he died in their arms in hospital after they were told the catastrophic head and chest injuries he suffered were not survivable and his life support machine was being switched off.
Wilson, in trouble with police since the age of 10 with 14 previous convictions, ran off but was arrested the next day.
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