Migrant who killed 3 in drug driving horror set to be freed from jail under Labour scheme | UK | News
A teacher who lost three close family members in a fatal crash has spoken of his distress after learning the driver responsible could be released early under a new government scheme. Summer Mace, 26, was left devastated when her mother Lisa, 49, sister Jade, 25, and stepfather Paul, 41, were killed when another car traveling at 96 miles per hour crashed into their vehicle.
The driver, 43-year-old Aurelijus Cielevicius, was later convicted and sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. The court heard he had taken drugs before getting behind the wheel. He escaped the collision with relatively minor injuries. He was jailed in June 2023 after admitting causing death by dangerous driving.
It has now emerged that he is expected to be released early under the government’s revised sentencing measures aimed at easing overcrowding in prisons. James Wild, the Conservative MP for North West Norfolk, raised the issue at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, urging Sir Keir Starmer to take action. The Prime Minister said he would examine the circumstances of the incident.
Ms Mace said the prospect of being released had reignited her family’s grief and raised questions about whether the sentence fully reflected the seriousness of the offence.
Posting on Facebook, he said: “Unfortunately, due to the new Early Release Scheme, the man who killed my family could be released and deported at any time.
“We’ve been told he’s available and it’s very likely to happen, we just don’t know when.
“This means he will be free in his own country and can live his life again, having only served three years in prison for the murder of three people.
“Three people; three of the most beautiful people.”
He added: “I have completely lost faith in the justice system.
“He will return to his home in Lithuania, he will be as free as a bird; he will visit the shops, go out with his friends, continue his life as if nothing had happened.
“We don’t understand this. We will never understand. Where is the justice in this?”
