00:00The driver who killed beloved Wrexham mother Lydia La Pola last year has now been sentenced.
00:06Lydia died two days after the collision, leaving her family devastated.
00:11In March 2025, a silver Mercedes made off from police and collided with a Toyota in Hightown.
00:18The driver fled, leaving two young passengers behind, one a 16-year-old girl seriously injured.
00:24The driver was Michael Connors, 28, from Dublin.
00:28Extradited after his arrest in Ireland, he admitted all charges and was jailed at Mould Crown Court for 13 years
00:33and one month.
00:36Chief Superintendent Jacqueline Downs said the case shows the real dangers of dangerous driving and hopes the sentence serves as
00:43a warning.
