The Crown Prosecution Service has issued a statement as Leon Clarke begins a four-year jail sentence
A drug-drive dad who killed his young son in a motorway smash will 'have to live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life', prosecutors have said.
Blake, together with his younger brother, was pulled from the wreckage of the BMW 3 Series, but tragically died in hospital hours later. Jayne Sharpe, a senior Crown Prosecutor for the CPS, said in a statement released after the case: "Leon Clarke was well over the drug limit when he chose to drive with his two young children in the car.
"Members of the public stopped, removed Blake from the back seat of the wreckage and began CPR until the arrival of the emergency services," said the CPS statement. "He was taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where he sadly died at 3.09pm. In a statement issued via Greater Manchester Police today, Vicky Consterdine paid tribute to her "loving" boy" who had a "bright future". She also shared a cherished family photograph of her, Blake and his younger brother Mason.
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