The forensic details of 7/9/08

Today we got the police reports and witness statements from our attorney. It doesn't make for pleasant reading.

The thing that disturbs me most is that when the police had sat in my living room and told me that they were thinking of closing the case, THEY HAD NOT YET TAKEN A STATEMENT FROM THE DRIVER!!!!!!

The first time they have a statement was 2 weeks AFTER Mic was home. WTF?????? Do you want to know why? Because, the forensic details of her phone were released on 29/10/08. The day before Mic was released from hospital.

The forensic report shows that 1 minute before the accident the driver received a text message from her boyfriend. That was 2 minutes before she phoned 999. She phoned her boyfriend 17 minutes after hitting Mic. While my baby lay on the floor bleeding........

It makes me mad. Looking at the photo's, with Mic's shoe laying by a gate, her jacket on the pavement where it was left...it makes me cry. Everyday I look at my little girl whose life has changed so much and I hurt so much inside.

While this driver's life continues on in a sense of normality, my daughter struggles to live her life in the way that she should. The driver says it has changed things for her...I bet it has, but not nearly as much as it has changed for us.

Yes, Mic may have been at fault and stepped out - the witnesses said she did look before crossing - yet the driver claims she did not see pedestrians. She noted that her mother (who was behind her in another car) had let another vehicle pull into the Tesco express, yet she did not see any pedestrians. She did not know where her phone was at the the time of the text, yet 2 minutes after the accident, she not only found it, but placed a call to the emergency services.

I was not upset with the driver or anybody else at the time of the accident . I just wanted my baby girl to live. Now, right this very minute, with my child downstairs struggling to follow a simple story line of a movie, I am angry. I am very angry! Between this woman, her mother and her boyfriend and the distractions they caused, knowingly or not, has resulted in my child's life changing.

I no longer want to be calm. I want to scream and shout and have a tantrum. The way the police handled this case is shocking! I have always been an advocate of the services, defending the way they have to deal with tough situations...until now. Appalling!!

To top things off, I was told at work that I don't smile enough. Welcome to my world! Live a day in my life and see your child suffer and struggle with pain, and know that you can do nothing to help. YEAH great reasons to smile every day.