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0:00:01 > 0:00:05- Hundreds are killed - or seriously injured every year...
0:00:05 > 0:00:08- ..by dangerous and careless drivers.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11- But families - who have lost loved ones...
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- ..accuse the courts - of being soft on those at fault.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19- There's no date on the calendar - when she'll be back.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21- He has a date - when he'll be released.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Tonight, they call for justice.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27- You talk about justice.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29- There is no justice.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32- None.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- And with pressure on the government - to introduce stricter sentences...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41- ..is enough being done - to punish drivers who kill?
0:00:50 > 0:00:55- It's late November, and the people - of Mydroilyn in Ceredigion...
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- ..are holding their Christmas fair.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03- They're raising money for - the Miriam Briddon Scholarship...
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- ..named after a local girl - who was killed by a drink driver.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- After we lost Miriam, - so many people asked us...
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- ..to what charity - they could donate in her memory.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- We thought long and hard. - We sat down as a family.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- What was important to Miriam - was her college work.
0:01:25 > 0:01:31- The fund has raised almost 35,000 - to help students like Miriam...
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- ..develop a career - in fashion and textiles.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- Local people - have helped us to be strong.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Miriam's name lives on in the area.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- This video was filmed exactly - two years ago on New Quay beach.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- Miriam was in her final year - of a degree course in textiles.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- According to her mother, - she was a happy and loving girl...
0:01:58 > 0:01:59- ..with a bright future.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- Miriam was a lovely person.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Happy, kind, a friend to everyone.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- She always had a smile on her face.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- One of the things - which stood out about Miriam...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- ..was she was always smiling.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- Today, her family - are back on New Quay beach...
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- ..and with them is Miriam's dog.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Miriam was one of four daughters.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- She was living with her parents - in March 2014...
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- ..when the lives of the close family - from Cross Inn changed.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- It had been a normal day - in our house.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- It was a Saturday.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- It was similar - to any other Saturday.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- Miriam had been working in the - morning and was home at lunchtime.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- She spent the afternoon - doing college work.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- That night, Miriam had arranged - to go to her boyfriend's house.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Before she went, - she came to my bedroom for a chat.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- I was about to go out - in Aberystwyth with a friend.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- She was helping me choose - what to wear.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Then she said, "Ta-ta, Lowri. - See you on Monday."
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- I remember those words - as if they were spoken yesterday.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- At around 6.30pm, she left the house - to go to her boyfriend's farm...
0:03:29 > 0:03:35- ..in Felin-fach, - less than half an hour from here.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- She was very happy - when she left the house.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- She was going to stay the night - with her boyfriend...
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- ..and come back the next day - as it was Mother's Day.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- A little later, - her boyfriend phoned the house.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- There was no sign of Miriam.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- I wasn't too worried at the time.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- We said she'd left - about 45 minutes previously...
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- ..and that she'd probably - be with him within ten minutes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- He said he was going - to go to the village for a look.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- I didn't know at the time...
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- ..but he'd heard sirens - and the police going past.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- He phoned back - to say that the road was closed.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Something in my heart told me - that something had happened...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- ..so Richard and I - went to find out what was wrong.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- In the house, Lowri, the youngest - daughter, was preparing to go out.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- But there was a knock at the door.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- We have a glass door.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- I remember seeing the reflection - of the fluorescent coats...
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- ..and thinking, "Oh, no."
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- I remember the moment - my legs turned to jelly.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- I opened the door and they asked - if my parents were home.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- I said - they'd gone to look for Miriam.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Their faces said it all.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- I asked whether Miriam was OK.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- They didn't answer me.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- In the end, I shouted, - "Just tell me if she's OK or not."
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- I remember she shook her head - and said, "I'm afraid not."
0:05:17 > 0:05:18- I remember that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Here, on the way - to her boyfriend's house...
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- ..Miriam Briddon was killed - on 29 March 2014.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- Miriam was driving - from the direction of Ciliau Aeron.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Gareth Entwhistle was speeding, - under the influence of alcohol...
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- ..and on the wrong side of the road - from the direction of Felin-fach.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Miriam died instantly.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- She was 21 years old.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- How do you return - to everyday life...
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- ..when something like that - has happened to you?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14- Ooh.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22- It's very hard.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Um.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32- Sorry.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- In 2014 alone...
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- ..1,263 people - were killed or seriously injured...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- ..in car accidents in Wales.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Of these, - around 7% involved drivers...
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- ..who had drunk - more than the legal limit.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Prevention is better than cure.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- People who pass - and see us breathalyze people...
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- ..know we're here - and might think twice.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- The police run seasonal campaigns...
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- ..to try and tackle - the drink-drive problem.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21- A few days before Christmas, - I went with North Wales Police...
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- ..to see how they went about it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- I think we're up to 40 arrests - for drink driving...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- ..during the last - two or three weeks...
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- ..and 26 for drug driving.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- It's only a small minority - who still do it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- It's become socially unacceptable - now.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- If we could only persuade - that small minority.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48- 488 were caught for drinking - or refusing to take a test...
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- ..in Wales - over the Christmas period in 2014.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- But the campaign is paying off...
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- ..according to some - I saw being tested.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- How many times - have you been stopped?
0:08:00 > 0:08:01- This is the second time.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Is it worthwhile - or is it an inconvenience?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06- I think it's worth it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- It keeps everyone on their tiptoes.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- If people think - there's a risk they'll be caught...
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- ..if it isn't enough worrying - they could injure or kill someone...
0:08:20 > 0:08:21- ..this might stop them.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Between 2009 and 2014...
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- ..648 people - were killed on Welsh roads.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- But drink driving - isn't the only problem.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42- On 25 May 2012, - 22-year-old Lona Wyn Jones...
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- ..was killed in a car accident - on the outskirts of Bala.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- She was on her way - to her father's house.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Martin Jones - lives 15 miles away in Brithdir.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- This is the first time - he's been back...
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- ..to the place where his daughter - was killed four years ago.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17- This is...
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- It brings back memories.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- I'm going out for air.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- I have to go outside for a minute.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Three were travelling - in the car that night.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- Lona, her friend, - and driver Ian Wyn Edwards.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Lona was sitting - in the back of the car.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02- Rest in peace.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- That day, Lona phoned me...
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- ..in the middle of the afternoon.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- She was happy.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- She was on her way to see me.
0:10:21 > 0:10:27- The last thing I said to Lona was, - "Make sure that guy isn't driving.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29- "Love you loads."
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Ian Wyn Edwards - was racing another car.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38- While driving at 80 miles an hour, - he lost control.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Lona's friend - broke her pelvis in the accident.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- The driver lost two of his fingers.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- But Lona was killed instantly.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Kate phoned me - Lona's mother.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53- She...
0:10:54 > 0:10:55- ..um...
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- ..was in Bala when it happened.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- She went there.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- I heard her talking to the police.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- I heard everything.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05- And...
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- ..Kate asked the policeman - if there were any fatalities.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12- "Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- "A girl with black hair."
0:11:16 > 0:11:17- Lona.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- I relive that night every day.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25- Every day.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- Losing his eldest daughter - has affected Martin's health.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- He takes tablets every day...
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- ..as a result of a stroke - and mental health problems.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- But he says the pain - is as bad as ever.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44- I live day by day...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- ..to try and cope with it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- It's the hardest thing - that's happened to me.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- I've had a lot of help...
0:12:01 > 0:12:02- ..but, um...
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- I have lots of tablets...
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- ..but none can take away the pain - of what I'm going through.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- In part two, - is there justice for families?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- And accusations - that the system is too lax...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- ..on those who kill on the roads.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- You should receive - far lengthier sentences...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- ..if you kill someone.
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0:12:43 > 0:12:48- On March 29 2014, these girls' - world was changed forever.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Their 21-year-old sister, - Miriam Briddon...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- ..was killed by a drunk driver.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Everything has changed. - Nothing will ever be the same.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- I think I'm still in shock.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- I still think she's here.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Miriam and Megan were twins.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17- It's been a difficult two years - of trying to cope without her twin.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- Until she was killed, - even if we weren't together...
0:13:23 > 0:13:28- ..we were in constant communication - via text messaging.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- We were best friends.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- Whilst coping with the grief...
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- ..the family had to cope - with the court case...
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- ..brought against the driver, - which took a year and a half.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48- On 5 October 2015, 18 months - after Miriam Briddon died...
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- ..Gareth Entwhistle was - imprisoned for causing death...
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- ..by careless driving - under the influence of alcohol.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- He was sentenced - to five and a half years.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- The judge said he could be released - in half that time.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- What did you make of the sentence?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- Ridiculous.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- This man had killed someone...
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- ..because he broke the law.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- What's the point of all these...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- ..drink driving adverts - and initiatives...
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- ..when all someone gets - when it goes to court...
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- ..is two and a half years?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- I was left feeling very sad - at the thought...
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- ..that a human life - was valued that cheaply.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- Miriam's life was valued - at just two and a half years.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- There were 89mg of alcohol...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- ..in every 100ml - of Gareth Entwhistle's blood.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- That was from a sample taken - five hours after the accident.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- The legal limit is 80mg.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- The police estimated...
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- ..that the figure would have been - 132mg at the time of the accident.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- On the day, they went - with the lowest reading.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19- That meant he was only sentenced - to five years in prison.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- A higher reading might have meant - more years in the prison.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- Campaigners are now demanding...
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- ..harsher sentences for those - causing death on our roads.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- They want them to be closer - to the sentences for murder.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- There are fears that would - raise big legal objections.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59- They don't intend to kill someone - when they break the law.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- They are being careless drivers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- A murderer sets out - with the intention to kill someone.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- There is a difference.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Sentencing - has to reflect that difference.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Criminal lawyer Iestyn Davies...
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- ..says there are clear - sentencing guidelines for judges.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- They are designed to be fair - to the criminals and the victims.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- It's hard to be fair to everyone.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- The guidelines - strive for consistency.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- It works for the most part.
0:16:41 > 0:16:47- That consistency reflects the way - society expects things to be done.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones - is seeking harsher sentences...
0:16:53 > 0:16:57- ..after a nine-year-old boy - in her constituency...
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- ..was killed by a driver...
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- ..without a licence or insurance - who was jailed for ten months.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- I want fairness for the victims.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- We can't bring the dead back - to life. We must remember that.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- However, there is no doubt - that some of the sentences...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- ..being handed out at the moment...
0:17:21 > 0:17:26- ..are unfair and inappropriate - for the crimes committed.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- In 2014, she pressurized - the last government to reassess...
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- ..the sentencing guidelines - for traffic-related crimes.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- The whole of the UK - is waiting for those results...
0:17:41 > 0:17:47- ..so that there is fairness for - those who have died on our roads.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- She feels the government - is dragging its heels.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53- After two years...
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- ..no date has yet been fixed for - the publication of any conclusions.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- We asked the - Ministry of Justice to respond.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- In a statement, they said - they sympathized completely...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- ..with the friends and families - who had lost loved ones.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- They accepted that traffic offences - could have terrible ramifications...
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- ..and that there were - harsh sentences available...
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- ..of up to 14 years in prison.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- They also said they were thinking - very carefully about future changes.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Nearly two years after - losing their daughter, Miriam...
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- ..Ceinwen and her family have - lost faith in the justice system.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- They are thinking of starting their - own campaign for harsher sentences.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- These sentences are far too soft.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- These people have killed.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- I feel so strongly that we need - to change the sentencing policy.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- We are going to start - a petition in memory of Miriam.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00- We need to get harsher sentences.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- Something has to change - for the benefit of others.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- It's less than four years - since Lona Wyn Jones was killed.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- The driver has been released.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Ian Wyn Edwards was sentenced - to three years and nine months.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- He was out on licence - after 20 months.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Lona's father is also - disillusioned with the system.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- How do you feel about the sentence?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- Furious.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Not half enough.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- Not half enough.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Three years and nine months - is nothing.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47- He served less than half of that. - It should be a life for a life.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Lona's mother, Kate Morgan, - lives in Dolgellau.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59- She's dealt with losing her daughter - in a very different way.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- She questions whether - any sentence can match the loss.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10- The time of the custodial sentence - didn't really bother me...
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- ..whether it was three years - or 300 years.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- It wouldn't bring Lona back.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- We're the ones with a life sentence.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Kate visited the driver - who killed Kate in prison...
0:20:29 > 0:20:34- ..as part of a victim support and - criminal rehabilitation scheme.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- I wanted to see his reaction.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- See if he was remorseful...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- ..and tell him how I felt.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- I know he didn't go out that day - to kill Lona...
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- ..but his actions - caused Lona's death.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Will you ever forgive him?
0:21:01 > 0:21:02- Never.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Lona's mother - has been to jail to see him.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10- I wasn't happy.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- If I went there, - I know what I'd do.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Miriam Briddon died - on Mother's Day weekend in 2014.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- By a quirk of fate, she'd given - her mother her presents earlier.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- I got home and she'd bought - flowers and presents.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- She'd left them - on the kitchen table.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42- She gave them to me that night - to cheer me up because I was tired.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- She wanted to give them to me.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51- I was so glad she did because - she wasn't alive on Mother's Day.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- She gave me the presents...
0:21:55 > 0:22:01- ..but I've said that I never want - to celebrate Mother's Day again.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- There will always be an empty chair - in the sisters' home.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- We never had a chance to tell her.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18- I don't feel I ever - had the chance to say goodbye.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Or tell her how much - she meant to us.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Now, I feel I'm saying it...
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- ..to Megan and Lowri much more - in case it happens again.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- With time, - you learn to put on a mask.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- When people come up - and ask how we are...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- ..I say that we are fine, thanks.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- It's easier to say that.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- But we'll never return - to normal life.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14- Next Tuesday, we ask...
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- ..how successful is Welsh-language - education in South-East Wales?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- We follow Andrew Coombs...
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- ..as the Welsh international - returns to his Welsh-medium school.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- The first time - anyone spoke Welsh to me...
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- ..was when I joined - the national squad.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- I couldn't respond in Welsh. - It was embarrassing.
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