By KLTV Newsdesk –

Driver sentenced to 42 months in prison after uninsured BMW collided with young boy in Golcar

A Huddersfield man has been jailed for 42 months after admitting offences connected to the death of seven-year-old Jack Rooke in a road collision.

Nathan Shaw, 35, of Tudor Street, Huddersfield, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing death while driving uninsured and two offences of perverting the course of justice.

He has also been disqualified from driving for 57 months.

Family ‘wrecked’ by Jack’s death

Jack was killed on Longfield Avenue in Golcar on 30 August 2023 after he was struck by a BMW X4 being driven by Shaw.

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 6 pm.

Jack received emergency treatment but died a short time later.

In a personal statement, Jack’s mother described the continuing impact of losing her son, saying each day remained a struggle without her “beautiful and loving boy”.

She also spoke about the effect Jack’s death had had on his sisters, including Mya, who had ‘lost her best friend’.

In extracts from her full statement, she said: “ I can’t accept that Jack has gone and I never will. I replay his funeral, me having to carry my little boy in a coffin.

“Looking at him in the chapel of rest, wanting and wishing him to open his eyes.

“Travelling in the ambulance with Jack, seeing the paramedics trying to save his life, then being told that he had gone, is a parent’s worst nightmare that no one should have to go through.

“Leaving the hospital without them having to tell your other children. How will I navigate that and deal with it for the rest of my life?

“However, I have to for the sake of my other children, but it is hard. It’s hard to parent when you have been killed inside; I will never be who I used to be.”

‘An absolute tragedy’

Shaw was arrested at the scene before being charged following an in-depth investigation by the Major Collision Enquiry Team (MCET).

Detective Sergeant Nina Roper of MCET, who led the investigation, said: “The death of Jack has been an absolute tragedy for his family, as his mother’s victim family statement so movingly illustrates.

“The loss of such a loving and happy boy at such a young age has clearly been absolutely devastating, and the scale of their loss is hard for many of us to comprehend.

“Our thoughts continue to remain with them following the sentencing of Nathan Shaw today.”