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Family 'devastated' as hit-and-run driver who killed boy, 13, to have early prison release
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The family of a 13-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run say they are "devastated" after being told the driver who caused his death has had his sentence reduced.
Kaylan Hippsley died three days after being struck by a car driven by Harley Whiteman on Brecon Road in Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 29 February 2024.
Whiteman was originally sentenced to six years and nine months in prison and banned from driving for eight years and four months but, after Kaylan's family appealed, High Court judges increased the sentence to nine years.
Now, the family has been told Whiteman can be released under licence as early as this autumn as part of the UK government's Sentencing Act early release scheme.