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Man jailed 16 years for killing Israeli father and pregnant daughter

The court heard that the driver ploughed into the family and returned to car later for his class-A drugs, in an ‘entirely avoidable’ crash

December 9, 2022 11:16
Nitesh Bissendary
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A driver who fled after hitting a family of five Israelis, killing a pregnant Cambridge scientist and her professor father, has been jailed for 16 years.

Yoram Hirshfeld, 81, and pregnant Noga Sella, 37, were among five people hit in Ramsgate, Kent, in August when a driver under the influence of cocaine lost control of his black Alfa Romeo and mounted a pavement.

Nitesh Bissendary, 30, from Manston, was found guilty of causing two deaths by dangerous driving in Canterbury Crown Court.

The crash, which occurred as the family was walking back to their hotel, also caused serious injuries to Mrs Sella’s husband, 40, and their eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter.

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