Smiler crash victims: 'Money will never replace limbs'

Alton Towers operator Merlin has been fined £5m for the crash on the Smiler rollercoaster which left two teenage girls needing leg amputations.

Sixteen people were injured in the crash last June.

After the sentencing hearing at Stafford Crown Court, Paul Paxton from Stewarts Law who is representing eight of the victims, read out a statement on their behalf.

"Money will never replace limbs," he said, adding his clients were "shocked and disappointed" by what they heard in court about the catalogue of errors that day.