Family of Edinburgh nurse killed by 18-year-old driver call sentencing "a sick joke"
They have said the sentence is "an insult".
The family of an Edinburgh nurse who was knocked down and killed by an 18-year-old have released a statement calling his sentencing "a sick joke".
18-year-old Dylan Jenkin was sentenced to six years in a young offenders institution today at the High Court in Glasgow.
Jenkin had no insurance and was driving a £40 Ford Ka he bought on Gumtree when he ploughed into mum-of-one Jill Pirrie, 33, as she walked home from a shift at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary.
The horror crash happened on Old Dalkeith Road on May 12th after Jenkin lost control of his car on a bend.
He cried as the Judge read out his sentence which also included a ban from driving for seven years.
Jill Pirrie's sister in law has now released a statement saying: "Six years for taking a young life is not my idea of justice, it's a sick joke. As far as I'm concerned that is an insult to Jill's family, friends and colleagues.
"Jill dedicated her career to care for others, it's a disgrace that our legal system didn't care for her."
Jill leaves behind a five-year-old son.