THE MOTHER of a teenager who was killed by a drunk driver has lost faith in the British justice system after he got less than five years in prison.

Jane Lipscombe, 40, of Summerhouse Lane, West Drayton, whose daughter Kirsty and her friend Luke Bowler, both 17, died when their car was rammed off Swan Road, West Drayton, in April this year, spoke out after David Stone, 22, of Rickmansworth, was jailed for four-and-half-years at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday.

She told the Times: "I think it's disgusting what he got.

"It's an insult to our children and our memories of them.

"I can't understand why you have a maximum sentence of ten or 14 years for the judge to just give four-and-a-half years.

She continued: "He could be out in two years and he will be able to carry on enjoying his life and living his life, whereas we have been left doing the life sentence."

More than 2,000 people attended the funeral of the two friends.

Hundreds of teenagers held a vigil at the scene of the crash, placing flowers, balloons, teddy bears, flags, drawings and poems, just days after the tragedy.

Mrs Lipscombe, who has another daughter Stacey, 14,told the Times how she feels completely let down by the legal system.

She adds: "We were hoping he would get a reasonable amount of time but we feel cheated.

"He got two years for each of our child's lives."

She said: "He got two years of his life for all of the things that we have missed out on.

"We won't get to see them raise their own families and children.

"We will never have that."

"We can't even move on with our lives because we have no closure. We are trying to cope as best as we can but at the moment we are just existing."

And she said it wasn't just a personal loss.

"This has affected the whole community, not just us.

She added: "We have a brilliant community here but we just feel let down by the judge."