to Amsterdam for a few days and smoke some weed".

'Absolutely devastated'

He told police he only found out days later a child had been involved in the crash.

McAteer's defence lawyer Lloyd Morgan, said his client was "wracked with guilt, shame and horror over his actions... which caused all involved such pain and heartache."

After her death, Violet-Grace's family said the donation of her organs had saved two other lives.

Her mother Rebecca Youens spoke outside court paying tribute to her "funny, vibrant and caring" daughter, adding: "No sentence passed is ever going to bring Violet back and we are absolutely devastated."  The evidence at trial showed that at approximately 11 p.m. on December 16, 2005,

Melody Hoskins, the victim in this case, and her friend, Donna Smith, arrived at a lounge near

71st Street and Michigan Avenue in Chicago. They left the lounge an hour later. While they were

walking back to Hoskins' vehicle, which was parked across the street from the lounge, Smith was

using her cell phone and heard gunshots. Smith then realized Hoskins had been shot, but did not

see the shooter. After the police arrived, a police sergeant asked Smith who "Lamont Brown"

was, and she replied "a guy from [Hoskins'] past."

¶4     At some time after midnight on December 17, 2005, Camillah Eagles and Russha Harris

arrived at a carry-out restaurant near 71st Street and Michigan