King's Lynn woman fights for crash killer to be jailed for life

Summer Mace, right, described the jail term handed to a drug driver as "an insult"

A woman is calling for an "insulting" jail term handed to the man who killed three members of her family to be increased to life.

Aurelijus Cielevicius, 39, from King's Lynn, Norfolk, was jailed for 10 and a half years in June for causing the crash on the A47 on 15 January.

Paul Carter, 41, his wife Lisa, 49, and her 25-year-old daughter Jade died.

Jade's sister, Summer Mace, said her family was "serving a life sentence instead".

Ms Mace has raised a petition calling for the criminal justice appeal in the case to be reopened.

It has already garnered more than 9,700 signatures within a week.

Summer Mace, 24, said her mum Lisa and stepfather Paul "were the glue that held them together"

Forensic collision investigators determined that Cielevicius, of John Street, King's Lynn, was travelling at 96mph (154km/h) and had been overtaking another vehicle at the time.

Toxicology results found methylamphetamine, mephedrone and cannabis in his system, as well as other drugs.

Aurelijus Cielevicius is serving 10 and a half years in prison for causing three deaths on the A47 in January

All three family members were pronounced dead at the scene.

Summer Mace told the BBC she believed the justice system was "letting families down".

"He killed my family," she said.

"He got behind the wheel under the influence of drugs and drove dangerously. How is this not a murder? He should have at least got a charge of manslaughter.

"He was on bail for driving and drug offences at the time of the crash and was on a curfew, which he broke.

"We are angry with the judge's sentence. I haven't grieved at all. I am not going to rest until I get justice for my family."

Ms Mace, on the right, said her life was "taken away from her" after her mum Lisa and sister Jade were killed in the A47 crash in Norfolk

The 24-year-old teacher says her petition will fight for all those families who have lost loved ones to dangerous drivers.

"More needs to be done to make sure these offenders get severe punishment," she said.

She said she "felt passionately about making bail conditions stricter".

"Any curfew should be controlled, for example with a tag, and stricter sanctions for failure to comply to the bail conditions," she said.

Summer Mace with her father Jason mace are calling or "severe punishment" for dangerous drivers causing fatal crashes

Det Insp Dave McCormack, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, described the crash as an "atrocious incident" and said the speeding driver was under the influence of "cocktail of drugs".

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said: "This was an appalling crime and our thoughts remain with Summer and her family.

"We've increased the maximum penalty for death by dangerous driving to life imprisonment - ensuring judges have the power to hand down punishments that fit the severity of the crime."