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Parents of Violet-Grace Youens given update from justice secretary over dangerous driving laws THE parents of Violet-Grace Youens have welcomed the news from the justice secretary that a new bill has been introduced to the House of Commons that seeks to change the sentencing laws for dangerous drivers who kill. Violet-Grace Youens, from Eccleston, was just four-years-old when she died after being struck on Prescot Road, St Helens by a car travelling at 83mph, on Friday, March 24, 2017. Aidan McAteer, the man behind the wheel of the car that killed her, was given a jail term of more than nine years but her parents say the sentence was not long enough.