Meppen-Walter jailed over crash
Manchester City player Courtney Meppen-Walter is due to be sentenced today. He has admitted causing death by careless driving after a crash in which a brother and a sister died.
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Meppen-Walter jailed over double-death crash
Meppen-Walter jailed for 16 months over double-death crash
Manchester City youth player Courtney Meppen-Walter, 18, was today jailed for 16 months at Manchester Crown Court for causing the death of a brother and sister by careless driving.
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Manchester City player Courtney Meppen-Walter was driving at 56 miles per hour in a 30 zone before a crash that killed a brother and a sister, a court has heard.
Meppen-Walter is being sentenced after he admitted two counts of causing death by careless driving.
The 18-year-old had six penalty points on his driving licence when he crashed in Cheetham Hill.
Courtney Meppen-Walter in court over death crash
Manchester City player Courtney Meppen-Walter has arrived at court to be sentenced after he caused a crash that killed a brother and sister.
He has admitted two counts of causing death by careless driving.
Kulwant Singh, 32, and Ravel Kaur, 37, both died in the crash.
Meppen-Walter crashed his Mercedes into their car on Bury New Road in Cheetham Hill in September.